Pet Death Care
The latest information we have out of Australia on the potential takeover of Australia’s largest death care provider, InvoCare, by United States private equity company TPG Capital is from a “Street Talk” column in Wednesday’s Australian Financial Review. Here’s a couple of exerpts from that article which is entitled “InvoCare talks turn…
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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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Some funeral homes including Australia’s largest provider of death care services InvoCare, have embraced the idea of Pet Death Care as part of their service options. The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) will be holding their annual Cremation Innovation Convention next month in Atlanta, Georgia, and pet services will be an item for discussion.…
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Every week as I’m looking researching through death care articles looking for topics to write on for Funeral Director Daily I will come across an article from some United States newspaper announcing that the local funeral home has just added pet cremation services to its line of service offerings. I’ve also seen, as this article…
Read MoreThose of you who have followed this publication for any length of time know that I like to hypothesize on what I see are trends in business. And, you’ve also seen my post sometimes in reference to serving on the board of the University of Minnesota. One of my fun things to do now is…
Read MoreA couple of things happened on Thursday (yesterday) that put the idea for this article in my mind. First of all, I was involved in a brain-storming session that centered partly on how to reduce tuition costs for college students. And then, later in the afternoon I was watching the business channel, CNBC, as I…
Read MoreThe standard “What business are you in” history lesson is still taught at the nation’s top business schools. That lesson goes way back to when I was in college and contemplates the question of how you define your business may actually make or break the business as the business goes forward in times of technological…
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