Zur Rose launches mail-order pharmacy cooperation with dm-drogerie markt in Austria

20.01.2011 13:46

Swiss Zur Rose Group cooperates with dm-drogerie markt Austria – Offensive expands mail-order pharmacy market leadership in Austria – Significant price advantages for Austrian branded medicines

VfG – Mail Order Pharmacy for Health, which is part of the Zur Rose Group, has been active on the Austrian market for three years and is already the largest pharmacy for non-prescription medicines and health products there with 30,000 customers. Now the Swiss company is continuing its success story in Austria: The drugstore chain dm-drogerie markt is today starting a close partnership with the Zur Rose subsidiary VfG, based in Ceska Lipa in the neighboring Czech Republic.
“As the largest drugstore chain in Austria, dm-drogerie markt is the ideal partner for our market offensive,” explained Walter Oberhänsli, founder and CEO of the Zur Rose Group, at today’s media conference in Vienna. For consumers, this cooperation means a price saving of up to 40 percent for over-the-counter medicines compared to the usual pharmacy price in Austria. “We offer Austrian customers all the services of an established mail-order pharmacy: easy ordering, fast and discreet delivery and the highest pharmaceutical quality and safety,” assures Rainer Seiler, Managing Director of VfG – Mail-order Pharmacy for Health. “We are bringing the pharmacy to Austrians’ homes!” The cooperation now starting with dm-drogerie markt runs under the Zur Rose brand, as another VfG sales channel.