Publicis Seattle Highlights Les Schwab’s Customer Service

Publicis Seattle has a new campaign for family-owned tire chain Les Schwab, highlighting the company’s dedication to customer service (according to a Benenson Strategy Group brand tracking report, its customer service rating is higher than Zappos and Nordstrom).

For the campaign, Publicis Seattle created two television spots based on real-life customer stories. Each spot features the customer reading their letter to Les Schwab, praising the exceptional customer service they received. In “Nanny,” for example, a woman tells the story of how her car broke down on her way home from work. She knocked on a door asking for help, and the man who answered happened to own a local Les Schwab. He fixed her car, without pay, and she was quickly on her way. The other spot, “RV Weekend,” takes a similar approach. The spots will air across western US markets including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado and Montana. (more…)

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WPP’s Maxus Appoints New North American CEO

This morning in news that has nothing to do with the Omnicom/Publicis collapse, WPP/GroupM media agency Maxus poached a top executive from Omnicom’s PHD.

Steve Williams, who spent two years as president at PHD, will be Maxus’ new North American CEO starting June 1, replacing the retiring Louis Jones; Williams will report to global CEO Vikram Sakhuja as well as GroupM’s North American chief Kelly Clark.

In the new role, Williams will work with the New York, L.A., Chicago, Minneapolis and Toronto offices of what the press release and RECMA call “the fastest growing global media agency for the past four years.”

Before joining PHD, Williams served as CEO of the UK’s OMD Group.

No word on how much pleasure Martin Sorrell took in making this announcement.

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