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- 10 hours agoI was a little bit flattered and humbled when death care experts Alan Creedy and Danny Jefferson picked up Funeral Director Daily’s article on the upcoming process of “retaining and
- 20 hours agoIf you are part of the Death Care business in North America part of your goal is to move families from grief to remembrance of their loved one. And, if we are honest about it, we should never want
- 2 days agoThe Federal Trade Commission issued the “Funeral Rule” in 1982 with an effective date of September 1984. Since that time it has operated as a consumer tool for price comparison in the
- 2 days agoWe learned last week that Georgia based Rollings Funeral Service completed the acquisition of a New York state firm that does close to 1,000 services annually and also serves the needs of pet owners
- 3 days agoAs you may know I have lived my entire life in Minnesota. . . and this past weekend winter arrived. We had a little brush with snow and then our first Zero degree day was Saturday. It made me
Business
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The Newton’s Cradle of funeral service. . is the center disappearing?
December 2, 2022Editor’s Note: We had a slight technical glitch this morning that stopped this article from going out on schedule. [...] -
Are funeral directors losing their “clout”?
November 30, 2022There was a time when if you needed information on a task or a service you went direct to the source to find the information [...] -
Is the cavalry on the way in the funeral director staffing crisis?
November 29, 2022If you read all of the articles that I do while I’m doing my research you would notice that a great many articles get [...]
- Checking in on Natural Organic Reduction
- The Best of Baltimore
- Your Business Value: A Funeral Home Owner’s Guide to Prepping for 2023
Finance
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Rollings Funeral Service adds large New York firm
December 5, 2022We learned last week that Georgia based Rollings Funeral Service completed the acquisition of a New York state firm that does [...] -
Park Lawn Corporation adds to Kansas City cluster
December 1, 2022It was announced in a recent press release that you can access here that funeral home and cemetery operator Park Lawn Corporation [...] -
Matthews: Memorialization sales rise, adjusted EBITDA drops for the year
November 29, 2022Matthews International, parent company of Matthews Cremation and Aurora Casket, announced their Fiscal Year 4th Quarter and Year [...]
- Death Care Index mirrors NASDAQ on the year
- Batesville notes from Hillenbrand Industries Quarterly Report
- Security National after tax earnings decline 121% in 3Q 2022
Cremation
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CANA announces “First-of-its-Kind” credential for Cremation Specialist
December 1, 2022The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) has developed an all new program to train cremation specialists. The first [...] -
Are funeral directors losing their “clout”?
November 30, 2022There was a time when if you needed information on a task or a service you went direct to the source to find the information [...] -
The niches keep coming
September 30, 2022As long as I’ve written this blog I’ve predicted that death care – that is dispositions for the dead human body [...]
- SCI settles “Deceptive sales” lawsuit for $209 million
- Messenger acquires Thumbies; thoughts on the “new memorialization”
- The consumer choice for cremation is not always financial
Regulations
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Debating the Federal Trade Commission “Funeral Rule”
December 7, 2022I was a little bit flattered and humbled when death care experts Alan Creedy and Danny Jefferson picked up Funeral Director [...] -
Wreaths Across America . . . Remember-Honor-Teach
December 7, 2022If you are part of the Death Care business in North America part of your goal is to move families from grief to remembrance of [...] -
Federal Trade Commission communication hints at “Funeral Rule” retention & modification
December 6, 2022The Federal Trade Commission issued the “Funeral Rule” in 1982 with an effective date of September 1984. Since that [...]
- Rollings Funeral Service adds large New York firm
- Winter at the Cemetery
- The Newton’s Cradle of funeral service. . is the center disappearing?
Cemetery
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Wreaths Across America . . . Remember-Honor-Teach
December 7, 2022If you are part of the Death Care business in North America part of your goal is to move families from grief to remembrance of [...] -
Winter at the Cemetery
December 5, 2022As you may know I have lived my entire life in Minnesota. . . and this past weekend winter arrived. We had a little brush with [...] -
Another reminder that our work matters
October 26, 2022I attended a somber event last Sunday that at least in part reminded me, among other things, that funerals and memorial services [...]
- The only thing harder to find in Malibu than a hotel room is a grave. . .
- The consumer choice for cremation is not always financial
- A killer among them
Preneed
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Want to build your brand? Try sponsoring a Death Cafe
October 31, 2022I visited Baltimore and attended the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) convention earlier this month. In earlier [...] -
The move to “Pre-Emptive” marketing
October 20, 2022When you look to the past of funeral home marketing it is pretty accurate to say that many funeral homes “Got their names [...] -
FDLIC acquires American Life and Annuity Company
September 21, 2022We learned late last week in this press release that Funeral Directors Life Insurance Company (FDLIC) of Abilene, Texas, acquired [...]
- SCI settles “Deceptive sales” lawsuit for $209 million
- Americans would rather talk about any subject than death
- Messenger acquires Thumbies; thoughts on the “new memorialization”
Products
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Federal Trade Commission communication hints at “Funeral Rule” retention & modification
December 6, 2022The Federal Trade Commission issued the “Funeral Rule” in 1982 with an effective date of September 1984. Since that [...] -
Are funeral directors losing their “clout”?
November 30, 2022There was a time when if you needed information on a task or a service you went direct to the source to find the information [...] -
Checking in on Natural Organic Reduction
November 25, 2022In December it will be a full two years since Recompose, the United States first human natural organic reduction (NOR) [...]
- The Best of Baltimore
- Tattoo preservation becoming more mainstream
- The next frontier in death care customer acquisition and retention
