funeral business
Last week I had not even finished putting up Friday’s article which dealt with an acquisition when I was notified of another public company acquisition. This time the announcement came from Carriage Services and announced its acquisition of a group of three funeral homes, two cemeteries, and a cremation center based in the…
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Have you noticed in the March Madness basketball games how every male coach is wearing a logo quarter-zip pullover, casual trousers, and athletic style shoes? The days of college basketball coaches wearing a suit and tie seem to be over. . . . no longer will we get to see an irate coach…
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Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) whose website now states, “is the fastest growing company in the industry in North America”, announced last week that they have moved into the states of Iowa and Nebraska with the acquisition of Meyer Brothers Funeral Homes. Meyer Brothers Funeral Homes has, among their five locations, locations in…
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I’ve thought about this many times over the years, but the older I get the more I believe it is true. That is that there is probably no one in your local community that knows the community better than the local funeral director. It hit me yesterday as I was at the…
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As of Friday, March 17 we scoured our sources for any news on if the takeover of leading Australian death care provider InvoCare by United States based private equity firm TPG Capital was moving forward. It’s hard to say what is happening as it appears to look more and more like a “hostile”…
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The last ten days or so most of America, and the rest of the civilized world, has wondered about the safety of the banking industry. As this is being written on Friday, March 17, we’ve already seen American banks Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank closed by regulators and have seen some…
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It seems amazing to me how fast 30 days seems to go. Once again we offer up our Top Read stories from Funeral Director Daily over the past 30 days. . . Here they are. . . Enjoy the weekend. . . In Memoriam: Robert Waltrip, SCI Founder. InvoCare receives over US…
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As small town funeral home operators we many times look at the acquisitions of the big public companies or the regional consolidators with a little envy about being able to do that ourselves. We look at how they get faster growth and more revenue and in many instances we know that we would like…
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At times I get my ideas for articles from unusual places. Last Sunday I was sitting in our church when the pastor noticed a less than average crowd. He then made the comment that “Preparation Matters” and went on to say that he thinks many in the congregation had not planned for the…
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We thought we would use an Afternoon Edition of Funeral Director Daily to pass on some upcoming webinars and podcasts that deal with recent happenings. . . . Customer experience is what it is about now in retaining client families, more and more women are entering the Death Care workforce, our friends at…
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