The End of Retail Pharmacies? Why Amazon & Flipkart Might Kill the Chemist Shop

E-pharmacies are eating up the market, offering discounts, doorstep delivery, and AI reminders.

Reports say 40% of urban patients now prefer online medicines.

  • What happens to lakhs of retail pharmacists running local chemist shops?
  • Will the “corner pharmacy” vanish like PCO booths did?

If you’re a PharmD or B pharm student today would you bet your career on clinical pharmacy instead of retail?

MBH/AB