HEARD ON THE STREET
NO APRIL FOOLS' parody this year. If you'd like to take a look at what has been our ALL-TIME most read and enjoyed issue of the Movers Search Group National EMail Newsletter, simply go to our website at
www.MoverRecruiter.com and click on our "Newsletter" page. Go to the archives and check out the April, 2007 Newsletter where we have reprinted our INFAMOUS April 1st Newsletter from a few years' back...We hope it brings a chuckle or two......
WHAT WE'RE HEARING "ON THE STREET":
We don't know about you, but it's going to take a while to get used to "DARYL FLOOD MAYFLOWER"....After 25 years with ALLIED VAN LINES, Flood has switched colors.......We know this is old news, but it nevertheless takes some getting used to....This switch, of course, follows other Allied agents who have done the same: DIRCKS and CONTINENTAL VAN LINES, to name a couple....
CONGRATS to FRY WAGNER, celebrating 100 Years in business!..........
Last issue we forgot to mention the promotion of GARY GRUND of BUDD VAN LINES to the position of VP OF SALES....
ACE RELOCATION, agents for ATLAS VAN LINES, has purchased the CHIPMAN UNITED office in Upper Marlboro, MD......
NELSON WESTERBERG ATLAS now has an office west of the Mississipi, having purchased LIDO MOVING & STORAGE in Irvine, CA..........
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO? DEPT. .......WAYNE DANIELS, former GM and Regional VP for one of UNITED's top players, is now Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing for ALLIANCE RELOCATION SERVICES.......
We're hearing that SUDDATH UNITED has purchased LAWRENCE TRANSPORTATION in Charlotte...........
Another little birdie tells us that WHEATON VAN LINES has purchased one of their biggest agents, LA HABRA RELOCATION and will run that as a company store located in Southern California......
SMART MOVE, INC. has announced the acquistion of the business assets of STAR RELOCATION NETWORK ALLIANCE, INC., a privately owned operating division of ARPIN GROUP, INC.......Good Guy TOM MAGEE, formerly VP with ARPIN VL has joined the SMART MOVE team as part of the acquisition and has been named the Executive VP of Sales........Check 'em out at
www.gosmartmove.com .........
BEKINS has announced the appointment of EZ M&S of Fraser, MI as one of the newest editions to the growing family of BEKINS' agents.......
IN MEMORIAM: ALBERT "AL" PULIZ, principal of UNITED VAN LINES Agency PULIZ MOVING & STORAGE of Las Vegas and Reno, NV. Al passed away early in March.......Also, WAYNE SMITH, long time Atlas Agent (MITCHELL M&S) employee and a great dispatcher...Wayne passed in February of this year........
Some brighter news from MITCHELL M&S is word that MIKE NELSON has been appointed the new Presdent and GM of the Seattle location, STEVE CALLAHAN is the new sales manager, CHUCK SWANSON is long distance dispatcher and KIM DRANGSTVEIT has been promoted to Dir. of Military Services.......
BEKINS INTERNATIONAL GROUP has appointed ROD AMOS to the position of Manager of International Military Operations....
AFTER 40 YEARS in the moving business JIM SAMMARTINO is retiring. Jim has been with RELOCATION SYSTEMS as one of their million dollar National Account producers since 1966. Prior to that, Jim was with VON PARIS, GLOBAL VL and GREYHOUND VAN LINES.....Congratulations Jim!........
SENTRY INTERNATIONAL, a subsidiary of the SUDDATH COMPANIES, has promoted CHRIS JENKINS to Sales Manager and JOSE MARRERO to Operations Manager......
As part of the growing trend of movers meeting the PODS' competition head-on, BEKINS A-1 MOVERS, INC. and commonly owned BEKINS MOVING SOLUTIONS, INC. have announced the launch of their new division CHRONOS...they've even got their promo running on YOU TUBE!....check them out at
www.movechronos.com ..........
ARPIN VAN LINES has announced KEVIN MAYBERRY of Dunnellon, FL as their 2007 Driver of the year.....
KEVIN POOL, VP of Corporate Sales for ARMSTRONG RELOCATION has been elected 2008 President of the Detroit Regional Relocation Council......
LISA BERANICH, GMS, has accepted the joint position of Director of Business Development for GRAEBEL COMPANIES and MOVE MANAGEMENT, INC.........
SCOTT HUNT, CRP has been appointed Director of Client Services for PRIMACY RELOCATION.......
DEBBIE BALLI, CRP, GMS has been named Sr. VP of Customer Care for GRAEBEL RELOCATIONS SERVICES WORLDWIDE......
ATLAS WORLD GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC. has named JACK GRIFFIN as President....prior to joining Atlas, you may remember Jack as the Sr. VP of Business Development for BEKINS VAN LINES......
A MOVER RECEIVING THE "KEY TO THE CITY"?....That's right, STEVE KUHN, Executive VP of JK MOVING & STORAGE, INC., recently received the Key To The City from the Mayor of Cartersville, GA. Kuhn and his staff of professional office moving salesmen were honored by the Cartersville Mayor during their attendance at ED KATZ's INTERNATIONAL OFFICE MOVING INSTITUTE'S Continuing Education Program. This program, conducted by KATZ at the accredited GEORGIA HIGHLANDS COLLEGE, is part of the Continuing Education program offered by KATZ and the College. After completing the course, Kuhn and his staff were presented with Certificates evidencing their attendance and certification as IOMI professional office movers.... go to
http://www.officemoves.com/IOMI/trgiomi.html for more information on ED KATZ and his unique service offering to the moving industry......
CLARK & REID has received formal approval from the GSA to perform domestic HHG moves for its governing agencies....
LISA UDIS-BERANICH, GMS has been named Dir. of Business Development for MOVE MANAGEMENT, INC. of Aurora, CO......
ARPIN INTERNATIONAL has promoted TRACY COLE to operations manager at the RI office....
TOM LINHARES of DODGE MOVING & STORAGE was honored with the MAYFLOWER TRANSIT 2008 Operations Achievement Award.......
WHITE STAR MOVERS of Sterling Heights, MI, is celebrating their 20th year in business.....White Star is an agent for Mayflower Transit......
MCCOLLISTERS' SCOTT KIEWITT has been named the receipient of UNITED VAN LINES 2008 Sales Achievement AWARD........
SIRVA just announced that it has completed the sale of its moving operations in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland....This sale includes PICKFORDS, the U.K.'s leading moving and sotrage business and ALLIED PICKFORDS' international moving services......
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