New Carroll Shelby International Website Reflects Global Expansion And Corporate Structure

[RichS]

NEWS Release

 

More Information: Scott Black | TPRM | (214) 520-3430 | sblack@tprm.com

 

For Immediate Release

New Carroll Shelby International Website Reflects Global Expansion And Corporate Structure

 

LOS ANGELES – May 5 2015 – Carroll Shelby International, Inc., (OTC: CSBI.PK) has launched a new website, http://www.shelby.com, that consolidates all Shelby organizations under its umbrella as part of its international expansion. On May 4th, the websites for Shelby American, Carroll Shelby Licensing, Carroll Shelby Enterprises, Team Shelby, the Carroll Shelby Foundation and the online store were welded into a single site organized by topic rather than by company name.

 

“Our philosophy is to streamline processes and leverage the strengths of all the organizations within the Shelby family to boost the performance of the entire group,” said Joe Conway, Co-CEO of Carroll Shelby International. “For example, people visited the Shelby American site for information about our vehicles and Carroll Shelby Licensing website to learn how to become a licensee. Now visitors to shelby.com can select ‘Vehicles’ to view our high performance lineup or click on ‘Foundation’ to read about our charitable efforts. Everything a person needs to know about Shelby is now available in a single, easy-to-use website.”

 

Over the past several years, the Carroll Shelby International board has been quietly restructuring, refining and expanding the company. The new website is a virtual representation of those successful efforts. Fifty years after Shelby American won America’s only sports car world championship, Carroll Shelby International is once again spreading globally.

 

“Shelby American has been an admired global brand ever since the team won the FIA World Championship in 1965,” said Neil Cummings, Co-CEO of Carroll Shelby International “With the decision by our partners at Ford Motor Company to take the fantastic new Mustang worldwide, we’ve been establishing mod shops, manufacturing agreements and new licensing programs around the world. We’re transforming Shelby from a multinational brand into a multinational corporation. Our new site, shelby.com, reflects that exciting change. ”

 

While the new site is important from a strategic standpoint, it will also offer many benefits to a global audience that continues to grow its appetite for Shelby news and products.

 

“We simplified the public’s access to Shelby-related information and their ability to reach those who can help with questions or requests,” said Rich Sparkman, IT Director for Carroll Shelby International. “Along with the consolidation of our online presence, we changed all Shelby email addresses to use ‘@shelby.com’ extension. This standardization of all users into a single domain will help the public reach us more easily. The result will be better customer service and easier access to information.”

 

About Shelby American, Inc., Carroll Shelby Licensing and the Carroll Shelby Foundation

Shelby American manufactures high performance vehicles under the lineage of automotive manufacturing icon and entrepreneur Carroll Shelby. The company is involved in vehicle manufacturing, design and engineering projects under a license agreement with Carroll Shelby Licensing Inc. For more information, call (702) 942-7325 or visit www.shelby.com.

 

Shelby American is a subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International, Inc. Carroll Shelby founded his licensing company in 1988 and Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc. is the exclusive holder of Shelby’s trademarks and vehicle design rights for all automotive products, which include some of the world’s most famous muscle cars and high- performance vehicles, including the car that brought home to the U.S. its first and only FIA World Manufacturers Championship in 1965, the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe. It also licenses Shelby-branded apparel, accessories and collectibles for all things automotive. For more information, call (310) 914-1843 or visit www.shelby.com.

 

The Carroll Shelby Foundation was created by legendary racer and automotive manufacturer Carroll Shelby. Headquartered in Gardena, Calif., the Foundation is dedicated to providing medical assistance for those in need, including children, educational opportunities for young people through automotive and other training programs and benefitting the Shelby Automotive Museum. For more information, visit www.shelby.com.

 

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[Pockdog]

So... Nice job on consolidating the "brands" under one site (and domain "shelby.com") but the site does not appear to be built "responsively" (meaning that it scales to adapt to mobile devices).

 

Is a responsive version of the site coming soon?

 

-Pockdog

[dh777]

So have the S197 Shelby GTs, SGT/SC and GTS programs ended. I did not find any reference to them.

[Jimmy Sak]

Sweet, I'm digging that black on black wide body super snake vert on the Super Snake page:-)

[HARALD KELLEY]

So have the S197 Shelby GTs, SGT/SC and GTS programs ended. I did not find any reference to them.

It's all in the history books. Just a comment, I do not know. Curious to see what they say.

[Doug_GT350]

It's all in the history books. Just a comment, I do not know. Curious to see what they say.

as am I

[07gt500conv]

[David Hawkins]

They really should have a section for past models, the Terlingua, CS6, CS8, 40th Anniversary, 427, etc..........

[HARALD KELLEY]

They really should have a section for past models, the Terlingua, CS6, CS8, 40th Anniversary, 427, etc..........

Maybe from a heritage/history stand point but if they are not being produced its really a moot point from a marketing standpoint imo.

[mikeljgt500kr]

No profits available from those old discontinued models, they put them in the registry and forget about them.

[twobjshelbys]

They really should have a section for past models, the Terlingua, CS6, CS8, 40th Anniversary, 427, etc..........

 

The old site had a location (although buried) for the legacy vehicles.

 

The new page has a "Previous Shelby Models" link in the "Vehicles" menu (it currently says "coming soon")

[David Hawkins]

Maybe from a heritage/history stand point but if they are not being produced its really a moot point from a marketing standpoint imo.

It helps to have it to be able to tell a Buyer to check it out if you are selling one.

[2007red40thGT500]

i'd argue that it strengthens the overall brand to include the previous cars.

[dh777]

But My question was; There were other vehicle programs in progress - Have they been discontinued? Is there not more GTS programs? Is the 2015 Shelby GT the only SGT available (there was a 13-14 program)? And has the Shelby GT/SC program been discontinued?

[HARALD KELLEY]

It helps to have it to be able to tell a Buyer to check it out if you are selling one.

Agree. Noticed the "previous models" coming soon. twobjshelbys referenced it in post 11. Still the question about what previous post title packages can you still have done.

Edited May 12, 2015 by H0050