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March 22, 2024

As the World Turns In the ever-evolving landscape of global mobility, factors from market dynamics and geopolitical shifts to technological advancements and policy changes weave an intricate tapestry of challenges and opportunities. To successfully meet both for stakeholders, Atlas® World Group (AWG...

April 13, 2022

The annual Atlas® Corporate Relocation Survey returns for its 55th year to highlight the upward trending of global mobility—and the unexpected ripple effects of the pandemic. 533 decisionmakers were invited by email to complete an online questionnaire between February 7-24, 2022, with each responden...

April 15, 2021

COVID-19 "Pause" & Effect Atlas' annual Corporate Relocation Survey (now in its 54th year) captures a fascinating look into the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the world of relocation. Invited via email, 420 decision-makers completed an online questionnaire between January 14 and March 1, 2021. Ea...

April 24, 2020

The Avail® call center pilot program makes survey scheduling more efficient for customers and Atlas Local Movers. In addition to providing outsourced Customer Service Representative (CSR) services and utilizing proprietary technology to provide move management services, Avail Move Management® is imp...

April 24, 2020

Invited via email, 414 decision-makers completed an online questionnaire between January 15 and March 13, 2020. Each respondent is responsible for relocation and is employed by a company that has either relocated employees during the past two years or plans to relocate employees this year. For analy...

October 25, 2019

Streamlining Information to Create Seamless Customer Experiences

April 10, 2019

Cartus® Global Network is Cartus' industry-leading worldwide service provider network. Each year, Cartus recognizes the companies and individuals in the network who have provided extraordinary relocation service to its customers and clients worldwide. Atlas® Agents won throughout the platinum, gold ...

April 10, 2019

Who Responded? Invited via email, 444 decision-makers completed an online questionnaire between January 15 and February 22. Each respondent has responsibility for relocation and is employed by a company that has either relocated employees during the past two years or plans to relocate employees this...

March 29, 2019

"I always wanted to have more dancers in my company." - Alvin Ailey, American Dancer With summer straight ahead, many agents are securing additional staff to handle the seasonal increase in relocation activity. With the help of Avail,® they’re finding it’s easy to add skilled professionals as needed...

November 8, 2018

Jessica Nichols, Director of Avail Move Management (left), Amy Keane, National Account Manager (center) and Ryan Hills, Supervisor National Accounts (right), oversee Avail’s private label service. Avail works as an extension of your organization to provide move management services that satisfy custo...

June 28, 2018

Invited via email, 435 individuals completed the online questionnaire between January 10 and March 6. Each respondent has responsibility for relocation and is employed by an organization that has either relocated employees during the past two years or plans to relocate employees this year.

June 13, 2018

November 6, 2017

Business guru Seth Godin, coined the term “the connection economy” to define our current business environment and the value that is created between people. Some of his most straightforward advice for this marketplace can be summed up in eight words: “Be genuine. Be remarkable. Be worth connecting wi...

November 1, 2017

Atlas® World Group International brings expertise to global relocation. Based in Seattle, they provide Atlas Agents and clients with comprehensive, door-to-door relocation services. President Jim Gaw leads the Strategic Priority Assessment (SPA) team, which is working on a plan supported by four mai...

October 31, 2017

At Avail Move Management,® “new” is the operative word. New value additions and new clients. New opportunities with Atlas sister companies. A newly freshened brand message. It all adds up to new results. “As a provider of private label move management services for Atlas Agents, our customer service ...

April 12, 2017

Over the past 50 years, Atlas® has monitored relocation policy and practice via our annual Corporate Relocation Survey to better understand how demographic, geopolitical and economic shifts affect the industry year to year. While many trends can be found along the arc of the last half century, here ...

July 28, 2016

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...

April 22, 2016

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...

April 13, 2016

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.

April 12, 2016

Cornerstone Relocation Group® may technically be a relocation management company, but it does much more than “manage” relocation. Cornerstone makes connections. And the most important connections are the ones Cornerstone makes while transferring employees. Here are stories of two connections among t...

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Tax Reform: Variations on a Theme by Brady

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) authored by Texas Congressman Kevin Brady was signed into law on December 22, 2017. As the dust settles on the first major rewrite of the tax code in more than 30 years, relocation professionals, transferees, and movers are watching closely to determine its impact on the mobility industry.

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50th Annual Atlas Corporate Relocation Survey 50 Years in the Making
Over the past 50 years, Atlas® has monitored relocation policy and practice via our annual Corporate Relocation Survey to better understand how demographic, geopolitical and economic shifts affect the industry year to year. 
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50th Annual Atlas Corporate Relocation Survey 50 Years in the Making
Over the past 50 years, Atlas® has monitored relocation policy and practice via our annual Corporate Relocation Survey to better understand how demographic, geopolitical and economic shifts affect the industry year to year. 
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Atlas is a Friend in Corporate Relocation at SHRM
In fact, the overarching message for Atlas at the SHRM show was to ease customers’ minds about the relocation process. To demonstrate how Atlas PVO’s and pack/load team members are friends that customers can trust with their household belongings, two life-size cardboard cutouts of crew members stood in the booth for photo opportunities, while attendees were encouraged to share their selfies with the hashtag #MyFriendsAtAtlas.
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Sharing the Many Ways to go new places at SHRM
A group of representatives from multiple Atlas Agencies and Atlas HQ trekked to Las Vegas in late June to set up shop at the annual Convention and Expo of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). In total, more than 630 exhibiting companies filled over 30 aisles with human resource solutions at the Las Vegas Convention Center, making it the largest expo SHRM has ever held.
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