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Posts Tagged ‘relocation trends’

Atlas Van Lines releases 2009 Migration Trends results

By • Jan 4th, 2010 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, TRENDS IN RELOCATION

Atlas World Group was the first of the top full-service van lines in the U.S. out the gate with their '2009 Migration Trends' reports. Those in the relocation industry will find the results interesting for a couple of reasons. First, the summary offers a glimpse at how much the moving and storage company's domestic and [...]



Americans aren’t moving as much anymore

By • Dec 11th, 2009 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, TRENDS IN RELOCATION

  For those in the domestic relocation and global mobility service industries, 2009 will be a year to remember. As we get ready to close the books on the first decade of a new century, those whose careers depend on America’s ingrained desire to relocate will find William Frey’s new The Great American Migration Slowdown: [...]



Containerized Shipping: ‘Do-It-Yourself’ moving and storage trends

By • Jul 8th, 2009 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, Mobile / Portable Storage, Self Service Moving and Storage, Self Storage

  Despite what the name implies in their well placed advertising, ABF Freight System, Inc. isn’t really a licensed household goods motor carrier. That said, the company’s U-Pack Moving service has tested the stability of the traditional full-service business model used by established movers, storage operators, and national van lines since it was first introduced almost [...]



Corporate Relocation Patterns: Are new policies needed?

By • May 14th, 2009 • Category: MOVE MANAGEMENT, Relocation and Move Management Services

[ Cartus, the Connecticut based provider of global relocation and workforce development solutions, just released some of the details from their ‘2009 Domestic Relocation Survey’. Those interested in the entire report are required to ‘register’ at the company website. In their PR summary, the company recommended five items that need to be strengthened in corporate [...]



Economy Has Americans Hunkerin’ Down and Stayin’ Put

By • Apr 27th, 2009 • Category: Consumer Help, TRENDS IN RELOCATION

Last week the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the pace at which Americans are relocating continues to drop. In fact last year the mobility rate declined to the lowest level since the bureau began tracking the information in 1948. This confirms a trend that Pew Social & Demographic researchers first reported in December.  In the [...]



Americans Aren’t Moving Much Anymore

By • Jan 1st, 2009 • Category: WHAT'S NEW

  Shhhhhh….don’t tell those in the relocation business, but, as a whole, the nation isn’t packing up their junk and moving it as much as they used to. In a new survey two veteran Pew Social & Demographic researchers found that the percentage of Americans moving dropped to its lowest level since the government started [...]



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