Male Gen-X, Millennial Opps: Mavis Tire taps CMO amid spend decreases (Score 49)

Sales lead: This hire will likely lead to spend shifts & agency appointments. 

  • Mavis Tire (MT) recently hired Kevin Fournier as CMO.
  • Fournier joined from Discount Tire, where he served as marketing & advertising director.
  • He now leads all of MT's marketing operations. 

Target demographic: Gen-X & Millennial Men

The company will likely:

  • Return to 2021 spending levels
  • Utilize additional marketing channels
  • Seek agency assistance

Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: MT spent just $17.4k on digital display ads YTD, down 60% from $43.7k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 1.2m impressions via YouTube (65%), desktop display (31%), and mobile display (3%). 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend plummeted from $261.4k in 2021 to $49.8k in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 100% of these ads directly onto sites such as youtube.com and atlantafalcons.com. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: Contact the new CMO now to be top-of-mind.
    • MT does not currently work with any agencies to the best of my knowledge. 

Insight Sources: Digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics