Reliance Retail Takes Netmeds Offline With First Physical Pharmacy Store In Chennai

Reliance Retail expands its Netmeds pharmacy brand beyond e-commerce, opening its first brick-and-mortar drug store in Chennai. The move signals an omni-channel push into offline pharma retail against players like Apollo, Tata 1mg and MedPlus.

— Filed Fri, 17 Jul, 2026, 02:06 IST · Source Inc42 · Quick Commerce · Updated

Reliance Retail enters offline pharmacy retail by launching a Netmeds physical store in Chennai, expanding beyond its online pharmacy business into brick-and-mortar drug retail.

Why this matters

Netmeds, long an online-only pharmacy, now enters offline retail with its first Chennai store. The launch signals Reliance Retail's omni-channel pharma push against Apollo, Tata 1mg and MedPlus.

Store-opening activity is steady, with 1,216 signals recorded in the last 90 days.

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