Pharmaceutical retailers race to expand

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Drugstores of Pharmacity (left) and FPT Retail's Long Chau located next to each others in HCMC's Binh Thanh District. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

 

While many companies were driven out of business by the pandemic in the last two years, three drugstore chains have been in a race to open new outlets.

 

Pharmacity, Long Chau and An Khang have been opening up to several stores a day since the pandemic began, and their competition is expected to further heat up in the upcoming months.

 

Pharmacity, the country’s largest drug retailer by number of stores, has added over 360 since 2020 and now has 959, more than the other two combined.

 

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[Darkside Gray]

Do we really need them along with all the others?