Budget Crisis Impacts the Moving and Storage Industry
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has signed off on a five-year construction plan that is roughly half the size it was in past years. State officials said Wednesday that they plan to spend about $600 million a year on road construction through June 30, 2016, instead of the prior average of $1.2 billion. Cord […]
Cord Moving and Storage Reports on the Free Trade Agreement
A report out of Washington DC this past week – Mexican truckers will be able to carry goods deep into the United States, and vice versa, under a deal signed Wednesday in Mexico City to keep a 17-year-old promise. Cord Moving and Storage is reporting that part of the deal, Mexico will eliminate tariffs on $2.3 […]
The Moving Industry Holds Their Breath
Bank of America has agreed to pay $8.5 billion to more than 20 large investors including MetLife, BlackRock and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to settle claims related to losses on mortgage securities bought before the housing bubble burst, The Wall Street Journal reports. The payment exceeds the total profits of the Charlotte, […]
Understanding Basic Issues in The Moving Industry
Many salespeople spend countless hours trying to improve the way they handle objections by those moving and those that are national accounts that move sometimes hundreds of employees. Schools of thought that range from high pressure tactics all the way to being able to demonstrate empathy to the client have tried to tackle this common […]
