The note below arrived in my inbox yesterday afternoon. I opened it about the same time that the sun ducked behind the clouds. I didn't know Rich personally. He was one of those anonymous subscribers who signed up for an email feed without supplying any personally identifiable information. I knew his passion more than the [...]
Atlas Van Lines, one of largest and most reputable household goods carriers in America, just released their 46th Annual Corporate Relocation Survey. The complete 214-page report offers a thorough review and compressive analysis on trends in the moving, storage, and freight forwarding industries worldwide. The good news for companies and employees planning a relocation this [...]
In just about a week, consumers all across America are going to be inundated with expensive advertisements and well planned press releases announcing the start of National Moving Month. It's a traditional spring ritual used by reputable members of the full-service moving and storage industry to alert those planning a local or long distance relocation [...]
and it’s not just rogues!Are you old enough to remember how quickly the major airlines quickly bundled their ground and air transpiration service fees into one, “easy-to-understand” ticket price shortly after United States Congress passed the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978? This new form of government 're-regulation' was a part of a reduction in price [...]
Don't be fooled by Mother Nature – especially if a local or long distance relocation is in your future! Despite the dirty snow and melting ice still sitting on many properties, May is "National Moving Month", the official start of the household goods industry's peak moving and storage season. Professional relocation product suppliers and transportation [...]
Back in my college days, I was sometimes assigned to work alongside a professional packer named Berta as a part-time summer helper. She used to start every job in the customer's kitchen sipping leftover coffee she poured into the bright red cap from her ex-husband's Washington Redskins thermos. It was fun to watch this petite [...]
During the latter decades of the 20th century, gear-jammin' asphalt cowboys and their loyal hippie sidekicks rode 18-wheel diesel powered horses across America, searching for truth, freedom, and an honest buck. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear! From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of creative entrepreneurship and small [...]
Miltary hosts movers to review peak season plansToday's the day the the military Surface Deployment Distribution Command (SDDC) is scheduled to meet with the captains of the household goods moving industry to explain the scoping procedure they plan to use in this year's iteration of the Defense Personal Property Program, DP3. SDDC is the executive [...]
Several weeks ago RELO Roundtable changed the method that interested visitors could use to subscribe to or consume some of the curated content and information updates published at the niche relocation industry site. The modification was made after the granddaddy of online search announced that it planned to retire their popular Reader product on [...]
Household goods carriers and independent movers worried about this summer's looming capacity shortage should pull a page from a former Marine's small business playbook. Nick Baucom d/b/a Two Marines and a Truck d/b/a Two Marines Moving, is a licensed motor property contract carrier and small business start-up established by an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran. In [...]
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