New management regulations will lead to "shuffling" of drugstores

On July 16, a transfer notice was posted on the door of "Kangbei pharmacy" near Yangguang City, Longquanyi District, Chengdu In the eyes of the drugstore owner Liu Wei, with the increasingly fierce competition and the rising threshold of the industry, today's drugstores are more and more difficult to open "It's difficult for drugstores to survive The rising cost of rent and labor is an important factor." Han Xiangwen, President of Chengdu pharmaceutical chamber of Commerce and chairman of Chengdu Jiuding pharmacy chain Co., Ltd., said that the purchase price of drugs in Jiuding pharmacy increased by 5% to 10% compared with two years ago, but on the other hand, the retail price of drugs was limited, further reducing the gross profit of drugstores More importantly, in June this year, with the implementation of the national new GSP, higher requirements were put forward for the service and personnel of retail pharmacies, which made the operation of traditional pharmacies "worse" and further increased the survival pressure of pharmacies At the same time, due to the stricter requirements of the new GSP on the service quality of drugstores, how to improve the service level and make customers more satisfied is a problem to be solved by drugstores He Xiao suggested that pharmacies need to improve the service quality, have in-depth understanding and analysis of the health situation of people in the region according to the drug sales and consultation, and make pharmacies become the regional health archives, so as to have more repeat customers and successfully pass the strict assessment of the new GSP In addition to services, traditional pharmacies can also strengthen diversified operation within the scope of legal provisions On the premise of ensuring the quality of drugs, appropriate sales of health products, cosmetics products, etc can attract customers "The State encourages drugstores to sell milk powder, which in fact opens up new business channels for drugstores." He Xiao said "Diversification of drugstores is the direction of future development." Yang Fan, head of the marketing and Planning Department of traditional Chinese medicine in Chengdu lotus pond, said that in European and American countries, 30% of the fast-moving products are sold through pharmacies, while foreign pharmacies are like "grocery stores", with drug sales accounting for only about 20% of the total sales of pharmacies "However, the diversified development of drugstores depends on the further liberalization of policies and the change of people's consumption habits."