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Press – Everyone’s talking about Chemist Direct

Here is a selection of newspaper/magazine cuttings. For all media enquiries, please call Brian MacLaurin or Will Iredale on +44 (0) 20 8834 1034 or email will@brianmaclaurin.com


The Sunday Times

“Supermarkets in probe over top brand mark-ups”
11th May 2008

 

”By maintaining a higher price in the supermarket, it makes it easier for the brands to charge smaller retailers higher wholesale prices. Mitesh Soma, of the online company www.chemistdirect.co.uk said when he tried to sell a pregnancy test at a cheaper price than other outlets, the manufacturer withdrew supplies. He has now referred his complaint to the OFT.”

 

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“10 sites that could change your life”
6th June 2008

“Chemistdirect.co.uk " medications that you might naturally buy at a high street chemist are often significantly cheaper online at this site.”

 

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Leicester Mercury

“The Chemist Direct approach pays off”
10th July 2008

 

”A Leicester retailer has been named the UK´s leading online chemist just eight months after it was launched.”

 

”The figures were compiled by internet specialists Hitwise”

 



“Top 10 best new companies in the UK.”
10th October 2008

 

Two firms have been named among the top 10 best new companies in the UK.

 

Chemist Direct, of Leicester, and Spectrum ESM, of Lutterworth, are now vying for a £50,000 top prize after making it to the final of the HSBC Start-up Stars Awards. Both companies beat hundreds of others to reach the last 10.

 

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Chemist Druggist

“Record Fuel prices lead to home delivery boom”
21st July 2008

 

”Rising fuel prices have triggered an increase in the number of patients requesting home delivery of medicines, some businesses have reported.”

 

”Mitesh Soma, CEO of online pharmacy Chemist Direct, reported a 35% increase in sales in April, which he also attributed to record fuel prices. One Chemist Direct customer said: ‘My wife and I have recently become internet converts, with the rising fuel prices making it expensive to use our car’”

 

 



BBC London

“BBC London News”
18th September 2008

 

Interview with Mitesh Soma about rise in City workers using painkillers during credit crunch.

 

 



Daily Express

The Daily Express
23rd September 2008

 

The financial crisis is proving a headache for many workers in the City of London and Canary Wharf, literally. Chemists report a surge in demand for painkillers and sleeping tablets. Mitesh Soma, of Chemistdirect. co. uk, said his clients were "feeling the heat”

 

 



Growing Business

Young Gun, 2008
October 2008

 

”Mitesh Soma only founded his online pharmacy last November, but he´s already in the enviable position of being able to project a turnover of around £5m for his first full year…..Hitwise ranks Soma´s business as the UK´s leading online chemist, but that doesn´t mean there´s nothing to aim for…..While the search firm classes Boots as a general retailer, the high-street giant is now in the sights of a man determined to turn Chemist Direct into a household name.”

 

 



The Observer

"The 2008 Crash: Recession: How to spot a recession"
5th October 2008

 

”The emasculation of the Masters of the Universe has reached the bedroom. Internet pharmacy Chemistdirect.co.uk reports a sharp rise in Viagra sales ­ with 30 per cent of orders in London dispatched to the Square Mile.”

 

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Guardian.co.uk

The Guardian
9th October 2008

 

”Fifty ways to save money online”

 

www.chemistdirect.co.uk Online pharmacy that promises to beat any other UK chemist's price on prescriptions.”

 

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Mitesh Soma,
Email: Director@chemistdirect.co.uk,
Telephone 0845 259 0175

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Brian Maclaurin or Will Iredale,
0208 834 1034,
will@brianmaclaurin.com