{"id":107,"date":"2012-12-13T10:12:59","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T15:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emarketing-canada.com\/blog\/?p=107"},"modified":"2025-01-09T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:45:11","slug":"customer-service-nightmares-that-destroy-all-marketing-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emarketing-canada.com\/blog\/customer-service-nightmares-that-destroy-all-marketing-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer Service Nightmares that destroy all marketing efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Think your company has a problem with a customer service issue?<\/p>\n<p>Loblaws in Canada is being sued by one of their suppliers who, frustrated with the legal process, made a YouTube video that went viral and Loblaw&#8217;s is now being threatened with a national boycott by thousands of enraged customers who have taken the supplier&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Globe and Mail's Loblaw's Article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/technology\/digital-culture\/businesss-yogurt-spat-with-loblaw-goes-viral\/article6282414\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/technology\/digital-culture\/businesss-yogurt-spat-with-loblaw-goes-viral\/article6282414\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her video can be see here: <a title=\"Amanda's Plea to Galen Weston Jr. of Loblaw's\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ceSndNlghKw\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ceSndNlghKw<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think your company has a problem with a customer service issue? 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