Abstract
With China's accession to the WTO, the pharmaceutical industry is facing both
development opportunities and severe challenges. At present, drug distribution services,
domestic pharmaceutical production and operation of enterprises to face international
competition rivals. In recent years, domestic pharmacies and the growing number of the
growing scale, and even the involvement of foreign chain to the pharmacy business and has
brought increasing competition. Merciless price war, the gross margin increase, the majority
of pharmacy costs rise instead of falling. However, after several years of growth and
development of the course, the well-known brand pharmaceuticals small enterprises.
Tongrentang Drugstore stand out after years of competition and development, it has
nearly 100 branches in Beijing and other key cities at home, and is extending the sales
network at home. This article takes it as an example, and analyzes its basic conditions and
marketing strategies, discovers its competitive advantage, studies the influence the marketing
strategy has on the sales deeply; it also provides some referable advice and directions of
reform; summarizes the key factors involved in the sales and marketing of a drugstore.
Keywords:
drugstore; retail; marketing strategy