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	<title>Katie Moffat – PR &#38; Online Communications Consultant &#187; Maclaren</title>
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		<title>Are Maclaren losing the online reputation battle?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pushchair manufacturer Maclaren announced yesterday that it was recalling some of its models in the US over fears of little fingers getting trapped and injured in the hinges.&#0160; Potentially hugely damaging to its reputation: it&#39;s one of the most important purchases a parent makes, as of this morning, it&#39;s looking like Maclaren are struggling to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pushchair manufacturer Maclaren <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/nov/10/maclaren-pushchair-recall-british-customers" target="_blank">announced yesterday</a> that it was recalling some of its models in the US over fears of little fingers getting trapped and injured in the hinges.&#0160; Potentially <strong>hugely</strong> damaging to its reputation: it&#39;s one of the most important purchases a parent makes, as of this morning, it&#39;s looking like Maclaren are struggling to win the PR battle.&#0160; Firstly they&#39;re only recalling products in the US which has led to comments like this one popping up all over the internet:</p>
<p><a href="http://prnowandthen.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5512dfb5788330120a677c06c970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Maclaren1" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e5512dfb5788330120a677c06c970b image-full " src="http://prnowandthen.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5512dfb5788330120a677c06c970b-800wi" style="width: 395px; height: 186px;" title="Maclaren1" /></a>&#0160;</p>
<p><a href="http://prnowandthen.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5512dfb57883301287579b680970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Maclaren3" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e5512dfb57883301287579b680970c image-full " src="http://prnowandthen.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5512dfb57883301287579b680970c-800wi" style="width: 448px; height: 91px;" title="Maclaren3" /></a>  </p>
<p>It may well be that there is a valid reason for it (they vaguely try to answer it in the guardian piece) but if so, they&#39;re not getting the message across.</p>
<p> Secondly their PR response appears to be woefully inadequate. There is an overlay on the home page of the site explaining the recall and a &#39;click here for more information&#39; but you are then taken to a general news page (below) rather than straight to the information, meaning you have to click again to see details.&#0160; That page does have a FAQ but again it&#39;s a bit woolly about why they are recalling in the US and not the UK.</p>
<p><a href="http://prnowandthen.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5512dfb5788330120a677c56c970b-pi" style="display: inline;">&#0160;<br /> </a>&#0160;<a href="http://prnowandthen.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5512dfb5788330120a677c98b970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Announce2" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e5512dfb5788330120a677c98b970b image-full " src="http://prnowandthen.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5512dfb5788330120a677c98b970b-800wi" style="width: 457px; height: 271px;" title="Announce2" /></a> </p>
<p>Thirdly it&#39;s hard to see them doing much proactive outreach.&#0160; The twitterverse is <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=maclaren" target="_blank">full of chatter</a> about the recall and yet their own twitter feed appears to be broken? Oh dear Maclaren, come on.&#0160; You&#39;ve got to move now, not in 2 hours or 12 hours or 24 hours.&#0160; The clock is ticking&#8230;..</p>
<p><a href="http://prnowandthen.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5512dfb57883301287579b224970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Twitter fail" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e5512dfb57883301287579b224970c image-full " src="http://prnowandthen.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5512dfb57883301287579b224970c-800wi" style="width: 334px; height: 193px;" title="Twitter fail" /></a> </p></p>
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