Jack Gance (pictured) started the Chemist Warehouse pharmacy business with Mario Verrocchi in 1995 with five pharmacies. Today it has annual revenue of more than A$3 billion and over 600 outlets across Australia, New Zealand, China and Ireland.

Chemist Warehouse Group (trading as Chemist Warehouse, Chemist Warehouse New Zealand, My Chemist, My Beauty Spot) is an Australian company operating a chain of retail pharmacies both locally and internationally.

Pharmacists are trained in the field of pharmacy, where they can dispense medicinal drugs for varied medical requirements, while chemists study chemistry and are graduates with a degree in science with chemistry. Chemists conduct research with chemical substances.

In American English, someone like this is usually called a pharmacist. The boy was eighteen, the son of the pharmacist at the Amity Pharmacy. In both British and American English, a chemist is also a person who studies chemistry or who does work connected with chemical research.