What incredible news we have to share with our beloved Celia’s Fans!
After many years in the making, the Celia Cruz brand was born. This was a very dear project, something our fans have been long asking for.
We announced on August 1st, 2017 the launch of the new Celia Cruz Brand which also includes a new online store for the first time ever which offers exciting merchandising that features our The Queen of Salsa, and the redesign of the Celia Cruz website. Celia Cruz, one the 20th century’s most successful Latin entertainers, and since her passing in 2003, her popularity only seems to have grown.
“Since Celia’s death fourteen years ago, my sole purpose has been to keep her legacy alive for future generations through a myriad of projects. For some time I have collaborated with different designers to bring to life a merchandising line that would capture the joy and vibrancy that Celia embodied”, says Pardillo-Cid who was her friend and manager for the last years of her career. “It is not until now that I have been completely satisfied by the product we are launching and I hope it meets with the approval of her fans”.
Marietta González and Abel Ferro, founders of Versal Studio, began working with Cruz’s image about three years ago, but it is now that they are ready to bring their designs to life through an interactive online store that will feature the beloved singer’s likeness on dozens of merchandising items and deliver what Cruz’s fans have been long asking for: a dignified, artistic, fun and colorful way of keeping their icon’s legend alive.
“The admiration we feel for undoubtedly the most important musical figure to come out of our country is only surpassed by the passion we feel for this project”, says Ferro, designer for the project. “Bringing to life Omer’s love for this woman and understanding what she meant to so many is at the core of each design”.
GlowShineWow, a boutique digital marketing agency, led by Jackie Small, a long-time US resident that moved to Miami in 2004 from Argentina, and also a devoted Celia Cruz fan, leads the marketing efforts for the project.
The new Celia Cruz’s website features a stylish and attractive design, new and exclusive content, news updates, and an incredible interactive store for the fan, the collector and the memorabilia aficionado. The site also counts with the support of extended online marketing and social media presence serving over 1 million fans on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with updates, news and promotions throughout the year.
We want to thank to all the media for the incredible coverage!
Latin Times
Diario Las Americas
Business Insider
Merca20
Vida-Nueva
Milenio
Telemundo 51
El Nuevo Herald
Yahoo
MegaLatina
El Espectador
America TeVe
La Ley 107.9
La Mega 97.9
BocaLista
Siempre Mujer
PR Newswire
MSN
93.3 La Raza
