By: Swaminathan Balasubramanian
Last updated : September 25, 2018 10:28 am
Frank Ross is one of the oldest and most-trusted pharmacies in India having more than a 100 years of experience in the trade. The company constantly brings innovation in their stores through their retail designs and customer experience enhancement. Naresh Agarwal, CEO & President (Purchase), Emami Frank Ross, shares their expansion plans with Point-of-Purchase.
We have more than 190 stores across West Bengal, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Odisha.
What are your typical store sizes and formats?
All our stores have minimum 400 sq ft. We are present mostly in the residential areas and have two divisions in our stores. One pharma products where the sale is assisted by salespersons and the non-pharma products where a customer can enter and shop directly. We have 40,000 SKUs of pharma products and 3000 SKUs of non-pharma products.
What are your expansion plans like?
We are growing at a rate of 30 to 40 stores every year. Our key focus will be in cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri. While our focus remains the same, in the metro region, we will be focusing equally in the upcountry region of Kolkata.
Being a pharma retailer, do you think innovation in retail design is possible? Have you done anything on these lines?
Round-the-clock service in select stores, availability of rare and exclusive medicine and offering services beyond prescriptions.