Seeking Alpha author suggests that Matthews Memorialization Segment could be “spun off”

By Funeral Director Daily December 8, 2023

      It’s Friday and going into the weekend it’s always nice to have something to think about. . . . How about this for today. .   This article from Seeking Alpha looks at the past fiscal year for Matthews International and uses that information as well as what they gleaned from the…

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West Virginia: 113-year old firm purchased by 4th generation Ohio firm

By Funeral Director Daily December 7, 2023

  When you look at the map the Ohio River separates the states of Ohio and West Virginia as well as the cities of Steubenville, Ohio, and Weirton, West Virginia.  Now, however, the bridge over the Ohio River will not only connect the states and cities but two historical funeral homes as well.   It…

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Loans are getting tougher for small business

By Funeral Director Daily December 6, 2023

    You’ve probably heard it said before, “The only businesses that can get loans are those that don’t need them“.   There’s probably some truth to that statement because if you really need a loan for your business to function, your lender might worry about the cash-flow you generate and the ability to pay…

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Finally some good news in America on life expectancy, but we’ve got a ways to go

By Funeral Director Daily December 5, 2023

    It was only about two weeks ago that Funeral Director Daily reported the final numbers for life expectancy in the United States using the 2021 final figures.  At that time, as you can see in this article, life expectancy had been lowered for newborns in the United States to 76.1 years.   However,…

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Have investors lost faith in Death Care?

By Funeral Director Daily December 4, 2023

  If you are an investor — and with IRA’s and 401K plans virtually everyone is in today’s world — the month of November 2023 gave you reason for optimism.   After a couple of sluggish years of investor equity growth there now seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel with…

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BUSINESS

West Virginia: 113-year old firm purchased by 4th generation Ohio firm

By Funeral Director Daily | December 7, 2023

  When you look at the map the Ohio River separates the states of Ohio and West Virginia as well as the cities of Steubenville, Ohio, and Weirton, West Virginia.  Now, however, the bridge over…

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Loans are getting tougher for small business

By Funeral Director Daily | December 6, 2023

    You’ve probably heard it said before, “The only businesses that can get loans are those that don’t need them“.   There’s probably some truth to that statement because if you really need a…

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Finally some good news in America on life expectancy, but we’ve got a ways to go

By Funeral Director Daily | December 5, 2023

    It was only about two weeks ago that Funeral Director Daily reported the final numbers for life expectancy in the United States using the 2021 final figures.  At that time, as you can…

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Seeking Alpha author suggests that Matthews Memorialization Segment could be “spun off”

By Funeral Director Daily | December 8, 2023

      It’s Friday and going into the weekend it’s always nice to have something to think about. . . . How about this for today. .   This article from Seeking Alpha looks…

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Have investors lost faith in Death Care?

By Funeral Director Daily | December 4, 2023

  If you are an investor — and with IRA’s and 401K plans virtually everyone is in today’s world — the month of November 2023 gave you reason for optimism.   After a couple of…

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Matthews Memorialization segment reports 4Q of lower sales, improved EBITDA

By Funeral Director Daily | November 27, 2023

Here’s what Matthews International CEO Joseph C . Bartolacci had to say in this prepared press release about the company’s 4th Quarter (reflecting an October 1 Fiscal Year beginning) operations of their Memorial segment, “The…

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West Virginia: 113-year old firm purchased by 4th generation Ohio firm

By Funeral Director Daily | December 7, 2023

  When you look at the map the Ohio River separates the states of Ohio and West Virginia as well as the cities of Steubenville, Ohio, and Weirton, West Virginia.  Now, however, the bridge over…

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60 Years ago today. . . and the story of the “Kennedy casket”

By Funeral Director Daily | November 22, 2023

  Imagine it is lunch time at the funeral home you work at when you get a call from the hospital two miles away that you need to immediately bring the best casket you have…

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Life Expectancy drops again in United States

By Funeral Director Daily | November 17, 2023

      According to this recent article from Stat, life expectancies in America have dropped and the gap between Men’s life expectancies and Women’s life expectancies continues to widen.  The statistics show that men…

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CEMETERY

An ongoing debate with cemeteries: Community assets for enjoyment or sacred spaces for the deceased?

By Funeral Director Daily | November 14, 2023

    There is no doubt that with the advent of rising cremation in our society cemeteries are used less and less, as a percentage of all deaths,  by families as places of permanent memorialization. …

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The Hispanic population and Death Care

By Funeral Director Daily | September 26, 2023

    I recently saw an e-mail alert from the American Heart Association with an odd title.  The title of this particular e-mail information item was “Caregiving a concern as U.S. Hispanic people age faster…

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Global Green Burial Alliance to form. . . .offers introductory webinar today

By Funeral Director Daily | September 14, 2023

    Funeral Director Daily (FDD) was recently notified that a group has been working to bring together what they call the “Global Green Burial Alliance” (GGBA).  FDD received a statement out of Australia earlier…

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CREMATION

Is Pet Death Care in your future?

By Funeral Director Daily | October 10, 2023

  Morgan Stanley equity analyst Simeon Gutman recently made this comment in this white paper from Morgan Stanley, “Americans are increasingly attached to their pets, which is clearly shown in survey results, and thus pet…

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Pricing is relative, but one low-cost provider can beat us all up

By Funeral Director Daily | October 2, 2023

  Inflation has set in. . . I recently had to install a new air conditioning condenser to our existing HVAC combination unit.  An air conditioning condensor, like a funeral or cremation expense, is something…

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Private Equity claims another death care provider

By Funeral Director Daily | August 7, 2023

    While most of us have been anticipating some news on the acquisition front from Australia and the proposed takeover of InvoCare by TPG Capital or waiting for some news on the North American…

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PRENEED

Learning from, and planning for, your funeral business in this economy

By Funeral Director Daily | November 29, 2023

    According to this recent article from USA Today “discretionary” consumer spending is down, consumer savings rates have fell, and use of consumer credit card debt has shot up in the last quarter with…

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It has to work for everyone

By Funeral Director Daily | November 16, 2023

Over my lifetime I’ve learned that if something can work for everyone involved it’s probably a good thing.  Getting “it” to work out for everyone is probably one of the problems we have with health…

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British preneed company being investigated for fraud

By Funeral Director Daily | October 27, 2023

  Trust is hard to earn. . . .and many times, harder to keep.   Any business that promises a service at a later date in return for a payment now comes under scrutiny by…

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PRODUCTS

Seeking Alpha author suggests that Matthews Memorialization Segment could be “spun off”

By Funeral Director Daily | December 8, 2023

      It’s Friday and going into the weekend it’s always nice to have something to think about. . . . How about this for today. .   This article from Seeking Alpha looks…

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’tis the Season. . . How’s your charitable giving?

By Funeral Director Daily | December 1, 2023

  It’s hard not to notice all of the mail I get at this time of the year from charities asking me to remember them in my charitable giving for the year. . . .…

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How do you brand and market your Direct Cremation?

By Funeral Director Daily | November 21, 2023

  It’s Thanksgiving time and, of course, we all think about turkeys.   I probably think about turkeys a little differently than you do, however, because at one time I served on the board of a…

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