What are the major players in stationery business here?
There are more than dozen major players of stationery items in valley. Besides us, Standard, Ali Moahmamad and Sons, Kapoor Brothers, Gyan Chand are the leading players. Many more new players have also come in the scene of late. The advent of computer might have affected your market. Isn’t it? Definitely, it has affected our market. Earlier, we used to sell account books, ledger books, log books, typing paper and duplicate paper. But now these things are not in demand, because these items have been replaced by computer stationery. Similarly, the market of drawing material to got affected because of computer-related stationery. What is the demand of bags among school children? Mostly branded and high quality bags are in demand. From past couple of years, we are seeing that children are accompanying their parents demanding high quality bags to be bought. Do you have any tie-up with the schools? We have tie-up with many schools. Either the authorities order items or they recommend our sho
