ITC’s Classmate broadens beyond notebooks to defend relevance in digital-first India

Classmate is expanding into writing, art and digital-learning products while leveraging ITC’s paper supply chain and presence across general trade, e-commerce, quick commerce, D2C and schools.

— Filed Fri, 31 Jul, 2026, 00:47 IST · Source Financial Express · BrandWagon · Updated

ITC’s Classmate is expanding beyond notebooks into writing, art and digital-learning products, using ITC’s paper supply chain and distribution across trade, e-commerce, quick commerce, D2C and schools to defend share in India’s evolving stationery market.

Why this matters

The move extends Classmate’s recent QR-led learning and digital-learning-layer efforts, adding broader omnichannel distribution as the brand moves beyond its notebook business.

Omni-channel is accelerating, up 183,400% QoQ.