Hyderabad: One of the India’s leading pharmacy retail chain, MedPlus is to offer online service in Chennai from today onwards with name, “Click, Pick & Save” to double its market share.
Hyderabad-based MedPlus which is one of the leading pharmacy retail chains in India launched an online service named Click, Pick & Save in Chennai in order to double their market share. It is reported that they expanded their services with around 250 stores to 500. In addition to the e-commerce service, it is now providing online services also.
Click, Pick & Save – In Brief
It is one of an e-commerce initiative that is developed by MedPlus. This is the website where customers can log on, search for medicines and read important facts about their usage, side effects and precautions to be taken etc. They can also compare among alternative branded and generic medicines along with their prices through this service online.
It is said that users can place an online order request for about 30,000 different medicines FMCG products. And within six hours of placing time, they can pick any medicine from MedPlus store. Madhukar Gangadi, Founder & CEO, MedPlus Health Services reported all this information to media.
Surendra Mantena, COO, MedPlus Health Services, said that the online service that is provided allows a customer to purchase a medicine from any part of the city. Buying medicines online will reduce the uncertainty for a customer.
He also added, “Our online service is completely in compliance with the government regulations and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. And we do not engage in any direct sale of medicines to customers without a prescription and delivery of medicines directly to the customers’ locations.”
It is said that the service is extended to 50 top cities across the country including Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore at present. It has around 1,240 pharmacies in which 40 are franchisee run. They are planning for 10,000 in next four years.