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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 [...]

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 [...]

Atlas Van Lines was the first of the top full-service household goods carriers operating in both the U.S. and Canada to ring in the New Year with their '2012 Migration Trends' reports. The Evansville, Indiana based household goods carrier has reviewed and released traffic flow data on the origins and destinations of interstate moves by [...]

Shortly after subscribing to the email feed, a new visitor asked if I thought it would be 'profitable' for a professional certified sales consultant or relocation business development manager to have their own online presence. “My company already has a website” she wrote “but I was wondering if it would help to have my own”. [...]

Last month a young couple relocating for the first time professionally emailed me back a completed Moving Cost Estimate Comparison Tool form. They asked for an “insider's” opinion about which of the three company estimates would best meet the budget needs of moving their two bedroom apartment from Jersey to Texas. What's an accessorial service [...]

The Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM) just announced that interested participants have just one more week to complete their 2012 Managing the Global Mobility Function Survey and be in with a chance to win a ticket to a Global Mobility Summit and Expatriate Management and Mobility Awards (EMMA) presentation. Now in its third year, this [...]

Healthcare, pharmaceutical and energy industries lead resurgence; financial services sinkIf planning an international relocation is part of your business model, job responsibilities, or future career path, then you probably will want to grab a copy of the just released 2012 Global Relocation Trends Survey, published by Brookfield Global Relocation Services. There's a lil' sumpin' packed [...]

The moving and storage pros at Atlas World Group have been conducting research on corporate relocation issues on an annual basis for the last four and a half decades. The just released 45th Annual Corporate Relocation Survey marks a new milestone. It's the tenth year the study has been conducted via the Internet. Fortunately, those [...]

ABF Freight System, one of the nation's largest less-than-load (LTL) common and contract general freight motor carriers, has produced a two new migration trends infographics.  (Click individual graphic to see a larger image.) The first illustrates the relocation patterns of their individual customers who moved themselves using the LTL freight company's two do-it-yourself transportation options [...]

United Van Lines, the largest household goods mover in the U.S, has released their 35th annual migration study which tracks where the household goods carrier's customers move from and to over the past 12 months. They started tracking the data back 1977. This year's study is based on 146,278 interstate household moves handled within the [...]