may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on wikipedia . see wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions . june 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message archies ltd type public company bse 532212 nse archies industry greeting cards founded 1979 headquarters new delhi india revenue 1 396.43 million us 21 million 1 operating income 123.3 million us 1.8 million net income 108.7 million us 1.6 million website www.archiesonline.com archies limited earlier called archies greetings and gifts ltd. is an indian company based in new delhi . 2 it was started in 1979 by anil moolchandani . 3 initially it sold song books posters and leather patches . the company s main product greeting cards was introduced in 1980 . cards were introduced for major indian festivals such as holi diwali and rakhi apart from the usual new year birthday and anniversary occasions . the company went public in 1995 . in 1998 it was listed on the national stock exchange of india and bombay stock exchange . archies limited is in the business of manufacturing and selling greeting cards and other social expression products such as gifts and posters . archies has a market share of about 50 % of india s greeting cards market . 4 archies has about 2000 outlets and franchisees called archies galleries spread across 120 cities 5 and 6 countries . it has tie ups and licensing arrangements for merchandising characters such as dennis the menace and disney characters . it has arrangements with paramount cards inc. anne geddes and american greetings for greeting card design and name use . following the increasing popularity of e cards archies started its online portal http www.archiesonline.com in 2000 . 6 7 the company expanded its product range to include artificial jewellery crystal ware chocolates and perfumes and accordingly changed its name to archies limited in 2002 . references edit latest stock share market updates corporate news announcements bse . contact send fresh flowers to india buy fresh flofgd wers rose bunches business queries . archiesonline.com . retrieved 7 august 2010 . archies is listed in nse and in bse . archies is a value stock at this price . exclusive research report by sharetipsinfo . sharetipsinfo.com . retrieved 7 august 2010 . archies captures half of india s greeting cards market et cetera news by industry news the economic times . economictimes.indiatimes.com . 31 december 2007 . retrieved 7 august 2010 . archies superbrand article . archiesonline.com . retrieved 7 august 2010 . archies the way indians greet business strategy case studies case study in business management . icmrindia.org . retrieved 7 august 2010 . science fair projects archies limited . all science fair projects.com . retrieved 7 august 2010 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title archies company & oldid 718018892 categories greeting cardscompanies based in new delhihidden categories engvarb from january 2014use dmy dates from january 2014wikipedia articles needing style editing from june 2010all articles needing style editingpages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 may 2016 at 02 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view