ITC’s Classmate builds an omnichannel play to stay relevant beyond the notebook

Classmate is widening categories, leveraging ITC’s paper supply chain and adding QR-led learning through eduGAMES Infinity as it seeks share in India’s Rs 16,500 crore stationery market amid digital-classroom disruption.

— Filed Sun, 26 Jul, 2026, 08:03 IST · Source Financial Express · BrandWagon · Updated

ITC’s Classmate is pursuing stationery-market share through omnichannel distribution, wider product categories and QR-enabled learning content. The brand leverages ITC’s paper supply chain but faces price-sensitive regional competition and long-term disruption from digital classrooms.

Why this matters

The move extends Classmate’s recent QR-learning and school tie-up push, following signals on adding QR learning to notebooks and expanding beyond notebooks through omnichannel reach.

Omni-channel is steady, with 1,569 signals in the past 90 days; no QoQ change figure was provided.