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Greg Hoover has joined A. Arnold World Class Relocation in Louisville as the President and CEO, effective January 17, 2012. Recently Hoover held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Bekins Van Lines. Previously he was part of Evansville based Atlas World Group as Chief Marketing Officer, and then President/COO. As President, Hoover assumes the [...]

The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) has released their new Defense Personal Property Program Domestic 400NG and International Tender for 2012. Both documents contain the military's latest new rules for governing the interstate, intrastate and international movement of personal property and household goods for Department of Defense (DOD) and the Coast Guard (CG) [...]

"Show-Me" state Senator Bob Dixon (R) has proposed a new bill (SB 470)  which, if approved by the General Assembly, would modify provisions relating to the regulation of household goods movers in Missouri. A hearing to review the proposed legislation is scheduled before the Missouri Senate's Transportation Committee on January 11, 2012. Under this act, [...]

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood surprised the entire transportation industry today by sticking a large piece of coal into each trucker's Christmas stocking – especially irregular route, full-service movers.   With so many members of the seasonally affected moving and storage industry taking time off to enjoy the holidays, it would behoove those managers still [...]

It's official!   In a letter issued to all Bekins Van Lines agent owners and independent owner operators, the Bekins' Board of Directors have agreed to allow Wheaton World Wide Moving to acquire the assets of Bekins. According to the notice issued on December 13, 2011, the sale “will allow the Bekins brand to continue as [...]

Several rumors flying around the moving industry about the sale and consolidation of two medium-sized national van lines based in the midwest remain unconfirmed. The dramatic increase in visitor activity to RELO Roundtable's “Career Resources” pages, however, suggest there may be some truth to reports recently being circulated in a few personal and professional social [...]

Using a cutesy forum name, a disgruntled customer of a well respected national van line decided to take advantage of MovingSCAM.com's very popular “Report a Scam” forum to air her dirty laundry. Specifically, her complaint about how her property damage and delay claim is being administered. The four message boards at the popular "consumer oriented" [...]

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently took a number of enforcement actions during the third quarter of 2011 to protect consumers from moving companies operating illegally throughout the state. The CPUC licenses and regulates companies that move household goods within California. Residents planning a local or intrastate relocation should verify that the moving companies [...]

During a recent #movechat, the question was raised about how well members of the full service moving and storage industry have adapted to the effective use of social media to engage their community audience.  At the time it seemed safe to surmise that it's not many.  That observation, quite simply, was based just on the [...]

Moving industry association disheartened by Walker’s personal attacksResponding to comments that owner Tim Walker made at his popular trash-your-mover website, MovingSCAM.com, Linda Bauer-Darr, the President and CEO of the American Moving and Storage Association posted the following defense of AMSA's ProMover Program.   The exchange is over a "Statement from AMSA" thread posted in the [...]