During the first week of October, Cartus held its annual Global Network Conference for the relocation management company’s network of suppliers, and many Atlas Agents walked away with some new hardware. Congratulations to these nine agents that won platinum, gold, and silver awards in the domestic h...
“We handed out custom designed t-shirts to all the PVO's that were in town Thursday morning, and encouraged everyone to be involved in a group photo to show their support for all the PVO's," said Mike McHugh, General Manager at Ace Relocation Systems, Inc. (0043).
In late September, southwest Indiana celebrated a year of major milestones and recognized six individuals for their commitment to regional business at the Annual Meeting and Dinner held by the Southwest Indiana Chamber. One of the individuals honored was Atlas® Chairman & CEO Glen Dunkerson, who...
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Each month, thousands of families go new places® with the help of Atlas® Agents. And each month, expressions of gratitude pour into Atlas via post-move surveys. It’s no wonder the comments often read like fan mail. People go hundreds, even thousands of miles, to get to a new home, a new community, a...
Sometimes special furniture requires extra special transportation. That’s what the University of Southern Indiana’s Historic New Harmony program needed to relocate five pieces of pre-Victorian furniture made by the Harmony Society – an industrious group of Bavarians that built an entire town in Indi...
Even though I’ve been in the relocation industry since 2004, I still feel like something of an outsider. It probably has to do with my first career in advertising where things were simpler: you distilled a company’s unique selling proposition into a 30-second commercial. However, simple is not the r...
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Every spring and fall, Ace Midwest Moving and Storage (0191) plays an important role in the fundraising efforts for Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. Twice a year, the midwest-based movers donate a truck and a few crew members to transport donations from all around the Minneapolis/St. P...
At its 4th Annual Global Partner Alliance Summit in September, NEI Global Relocation honored Atlas Agent Nelson Westerberg (1505) with the 2016 Partner of the Year Award. Recognizing the “Best of the Best” for exceeding partner responsibilities over the past year, the award was open to all relocatio...
Atlas® Van Lines Agents think ‘the bigger the better’ when it comes to spreading awareness about food insecurity. In partnership with Move For Hunger,™ a nonprofit that encourages donating food instead of moving it, our moving and storage companies are sharing the message from the largest billboards...
What if you could walk through your customer’s home from the other side of the world? Or see every text message thread from your customer throughout the move? Or get immediate feedback for improving service on a move while it is taking place? You Can.
The election year brought the Atlas World Group family to Washington D.C. to attend the annual Society of Human Resources (SHRM) Conference and Exposition. From June 19 – 22 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, an estimated 1,800 human resources professionals spoke with Atlas representativ...
Three Alexander’s Mobility Services locations participated in Make-A-Wish Foundation’s annual Walk for Wishes, a series of regional two-mile walks that raise money to grant wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions. The Tustin (207), Portland (0210), and Dallas (0218) locations do...
People who go new places® with Atlas share their experiences.
Since 1968, Atlas Van Lines has annually surveyed corporate relocation professionals on their views, policies, and practices to better understand changes taking place in the industry. Our results for the 2016 Corporate Relocation survey are here, and they provide an in-depth look at the most notewor...
Final mile service and LTL transportation may seem as compatible as oil and water. But Atlas Logistics is showing how the two can combine and open a new avenue of booking opportunities for Atlas Agents. Call it hybrid thinking—seeing a familiar problem in a new way and using dissimilar ideas to solv...
Allocation problems may not rise to the level faced by the crew of Apollo 13. But they can happen, and when they do, they are almost as dire.