E-store Ozon to open brick-and-mortar pharmacy in St Petersburg

MOSCOW, Mar 18 (PRIME) -- Online store Ozon will open a brick-and-mortar pharmacy in the center of St. Petersburg, a company representative told PRIME on Monday.

Ozon is currently looking for a manager of a pharmacy with online sales as well, according to recruiting resource hh.ru.

The online company announced the start of online sales of medications jointly with Pharmacy Chain 36.6 in March 2017. After a complaint from a professional association on illegal distribution of medications online, Ozon said it had the right because it had two licensed brick-and-mortar pharmacies on the basis of warehouse facilities in Moscow and Tver.

Sergei Shulyak, head of marketing agency DSM Group, said, “Ozon has evidently decided to move forward. With a pharmacy in Moscow, it’s absurd to deliver medications to St. Petersburg…I think they’re opening a physical pharmacy for the delivery of online orders.”

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