Effect of SDDC’s new fuel surcharge adjustment?
Anyone in the household goods moving industry who relies on the Department of Defense (DOD) for some or all of their small business revenue should be particularly attentive to the recent announcement...
View ArticleMovingScam introduces “Review Verification System”
How many people purchase, bait, and then deploy skunk traps when they're not being bothered by the stinky predatory scavengers? That was my first reaction when asked if I'd seen the new “Review...
View ArticleConsolidation in the moving industry’s lead gen food chain - Move, Inc....
Move, Inc. acquires rival Relocation.comOn October 11, 2012, the online real estate lead aggregation company Move Inc announced that it had purchased Relocation.com for $11.5 million in cash. The...
View ArticleAtlas Van Lines issues safe travel tips for consumers
As Americans prepare to kick off the holiday season by gassing up the family chariot for the trip over the river and through the wood to grandma's house, the moving pros at Atlas Van Lines want to...
View ArticleMoms and movers send hurricane help
What are these people patiently standing in line for? A fresh, 25 lb. free-range turkey at Whole Foods Matinee movie tickets for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2” 70% OFF Black Friday deal on a...
View ArticleChanges at Pickford
On 23 November, 2012, Moving Services Group UK Ltd (t/a Pickfords) went into administration. On appointment, the administrators sold the business and assets of Moving Services Group UK Ltd (MSG UK Ltd)...
View ArticleTrade Associations – What do you get for your money?
There's an interesting discussion about moving industry trade association membership going on over at the Moving etc… Network relocation forum. Moving etc… Network is an online community based in the...
View ArticleVan line vet leads acquisition of independent mover - A. Arnold sold to...
A. Arnold sold to managment group headed by Greg Hoover (Louisville, KY.- June 20, 2013) – A. Arnold World Class Relocation, one of America's top independent moving carriers, with headquarters in...
View ArticleFMCSA shuts down five household goods movers in one week - Suspends web of...
Suspends web of related movers in Florida and South Carolina WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that its Moving Fraud...
View ArticleMilitary mover accused of fraud
A civil lawsuit filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Columbia, S.C. in 2012 accuses Covan World-Wide Moving Inc., and an affiliate, Coleman American Moving Services, Inc., of inflating costs and...
View ArticleColeman American finds no merit in government accusations - Launches vigorous...
Launches vigorous defense against year old civil complaint Last year, a Civil Complaint was unsealed in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. The Complaint was originally...
View ArticleMary Johnson needs to move …. again!
Guess what! Mary Johson needs to move again this year. For the most part, the note sent to my inbox this morning is the exact same business proposition dear sweet Mary sent me last February about...
View ArticleWhistleblower suit against military mover allowed to proceed
On Tuesday, Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. of the U.S. District Court of South Carolina ordered a federal whistleblower lawsuit to proceed against Covan World-wide Moving, a military approved domestic...
View ArticlePennsylvania relaxes regulations on household goods movers
On June 19,2014, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) voted to amend regulations governing Pennsylvania household goods and property carriers in light of increased competition in the...
View ArticleMovers will find it harder to access military installations
According to an article in Defense One, Getting on a U.S. Military Base Will Now Include an FBI Background Check, employees of local moving and storage agents and independent household goods van...
View ArticleAll My Sons acquires Graebel Van Lines
In a joint announcment released yesterday, Graebel Companies, Inc. chairman of the board David W. Graebel and William H. Graebel SGMS chief executive officer and president of the global relocation firm...
View ArticleMoving on
I started hosting RELO Roundtable in 2008 as a personal experiment in virtual learning. It was an extremely inexpensive way to feed my internet addiction after my business plan to launch a unique...
View ArticleDirector General of the British Association of Removers resigns
The British Association of Removers has announced the resignation of its Director General Stephen Vickers, effective 31 May, 2015. In a letter to BAR members President Gary Wheadon expressed thanks and...
View ArticleArizona files suit against moving companies
Attorney General Tom Horne has filed lawsuits against Allstars Movers and Storage Inc., of Phoenix, and 3 Gorillas Moving and Storage, LLC, located in Tucson. In its complaints, the State alleges that...
View ArticleForce-feeding the moving industry
Anyone know what happens when gavage, coercion, and administrative control are used to administer life-sustaining sustenance to stubborn toddlers, unresponsive geriatric patients, or caged fowls? It...
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