Reliance Retail Took Netmeds Offline With First Chennai Store

Resurfacing a January 2023 move, Reliance Retail opened a Netmeds pharmacy store in Chennai, extending its e-pharmacy brand into physical retail and marking its entry into offline pharmaceutical retail.

— Filed Wed, 5 Aug, 2026, 15:49 IST · Source Inc42 · Quick Commerce · Updated

Reliance Retail entered offline pharmaceutical retail by opening a Netmeds store in Chennai, extending the e-pharmacy brand into physical retail.

Why this matters

The Chennai store move aligns with Reliance Retail’s wider channel expansion, including its acquisition of AI fashion-discovery platform Furrl and recent signals resurfacing Netmeds’ offline pharmacy push.

Omni-channel is accelerating, up 213,200% QoQ.

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