- Since the start of the pandemic, internet sales have increased exponentially and some pharmacies have become leaders in this area.
- This way of acquiring medicines and personal care products is safe because all deliveries are at home.
- The trend is expected to continue indefinitely due to the benefits offered by electronic commerce.
For a couple of years, the most serious health crisis of the last century has been experienced. One of the consequences of the pandemic has been the acceleration of digitization. Similarly, it has boosted internet sales to record levels. With this in mind, some Pharmacies have become the leaders of e-commerce in Mexico, do you know what they are?
In the first instance, as of March 2020, millions of people had to remain locked up to avoid risks of contagion. When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the pandemic alert, many jobs implemented the home office modality. While schools permanently eliminated face-to-face classes.
The safest way to buy products
From that moment what sustained the economy was the electronic commerce. Although some companies already had this option, others incorporated it as a subsistence measure.
In this way, with the support of the internet, it is now easier to acquire any type of product. The main advantage is comfort because It is not necessary to go to the shops because now everything is delivered directly to homes.
However, The Covid-19 pandemic also led to unprecedented sales records for online pharmacies. The combination of the e-commerce business with sales of over-the-counter drugs and personal care products has sustained growth that has yet to peak.
Pharmacies live their best moment
According to a study conducted by ConvertGroup which analyzed online pharmacies in 96 countries, the number of visitors to websites grew by 43% year-on-year between the first quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021.
The fastest growing region was North America, where the number of visits to online pharmacies more than doubled between the two quarters.
For its part, The ecommerceDB portal carried out an analysis to identify the leading pharmacies in e-commerce in Mexico. The most surprising case is that of Farmacias del Ahorro because it went from having sales of 24 million dollars in 2020 to a total of 394 million dollars during the first half of 2022.
While in second position is located San Pablo Pharmacies because it has also maintained a sustained increase over the last 24 months and the trend seems to continue.
But while the two aforementioned businesses already existed and adapted to the pandemic, there were also others that emerged during the health emergency. Such is the case of the mobile application Prixz. Its creation took place in 2021 and since then it has been characterized as a huge digital pharmacy with home delivery. It does not have physical branches but its business has been quite successful.
For now, we share with you the following graph prepared by the editorial team of salutary about the leading pharmacies in e-commerce in Mexico.