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- 12 hours agoThe Cremation Association of North America and Funeral Home Gifts brings you this timely webinar with potential CEU credits for you tomorrow, June 29, 2022. Here’s what CANA had to say about
- 22 hours agoThere is a saying where I come from that says, “It’s summer time and the living is easy”. It conjures up thoughts of being on the golf course, and at the lake, and evenings around
- 2 days agoAccording to SimilarWeb, Legacy.com had its website visited over 49 million times in April 2022 and ranked as the #1 website in its category of interest, Community and Society, in the United
- 2 days agoI read this interesting article on Saturday morning from Yahoo Finance’s Morning Brief entitled “What to expect from a recession everyone sees coming“. The author of the article
- 5 days agoYour funeral home has lots of options when it comes to the issue of Preneed. For instance, in most states you have the choice of funding via Trust or Master Trust bank accounts or funding with life
Business
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The article from “D” Magazine
June 22, 2022In writing Funeral Director Daily I take pride in keeping up with what is happening in the Death Care profession and industry. [...] -
Arbor Memorial named one of Canada’s “Best Managed Companies”
June 21, 2022There is an insurance company that used to use the slogan “The Quiet Company”. That company was, and still is, [...] -
Canadian company challenges funeral home status quo
June 20, 2022Canadian company, Kinwood, issued this press release last month about a recent submission to the Competition Bureau that they say [...]
- Producer Price Index just rose 10.8%. . how’s your business handling it?
- What’s your leadership style? Does it work in this century?
- Creating Death Care “Search Ads” that get the click
Finance
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It’s summer time, the living is easy. . .and the mergers and acquisitions continue. .
June 28, 2022There is a saying where I come from that says, “It’s summer time and the living is easy”. It conjures up [...] -
Death care stocks down 18% Year to Date
June 27, 2022I read this interesting article on Saturday morning from Yahoo Finance’s Morning Brief entitled “What to expect from [...] -
Arbor Memorial named one of Canada’s “Best Managed Companies”
June 21, 2022There is an insurance company that used to use the slogan “The Quiet Company”. That company was, and still is, [...]
- Seeking Alpha opines on Park Lawn Corporation
- Titan Casket secures funding round
- Is it time to buy funeral home stocks?
Cremation
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Two thoughts on the changing face of funeral service
June 7, 2022Over the last couple of weeks I have read a couple of articles that seem to indicate a path that death care is going — at [...] -
Canadian Direct Cremation provider to expand
June 3, 2022We learned in this article from Saltwire that Toronto, Ontario, based direct cremation provider Eirene is set to expand their [...] -
The Heart of America
May 27, 2022We are coming up on Memorial Day weekend. For me it is always a time for reflection on the good that America has done over the [...]
Regulations
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CANA offers timely webinar on the DIY funeral
June 28, 2022The Cremation Association of North America and Funeral Home Gifts brings you this timely webinar with potential CEU credits for [...] -
It’s summer time, the living is easy. . .and the mergers and acquisitions continue. .
June 28, 2022There is a saying where I come from that says, “It’s summer time and the living is easy”. It conjures up [...] -
Legacy.com exceeding growth expectations
June 27, 2022According to SimilarWeb, Legacy.com had its website visited over 49 million times in April 2022 and ranked as the #1 website in [...]
- Death care stocks down 18% Year to Date
- A Preneed “check-up”. . make sure you “Do it Right”
- The Robert Kennedy funeral train. . . seems like times were simpler back then
Cemetery
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The Robert Kennedy funeral train. . . seems like times were simpler back then
June 23, 2022As we age it is interesting how things from the past can be brought back to memory. It’s the season of political [...] -
Will tax revenue play a part in saving city and association cemeteries
April 26, 2022We’ve written about the problem before in this forum. “The problem” being the lack of revenue for historic [...] -
Cemeteries, funeral homes looking for that perfect acquisition. . . we may have it
April 21, 2022The Prudential Company has the “Rock of Gibraltar” logo as an iconic brand differentiator. As a matter of fact the [...]
- Ohio cemeteries, funeral homes spar over “trusting” requirement
- What’s happening with “Green Burials”?
- Catholic Cemeteries of NE Kansas partner with funeral homes to offer valuable services
Preneed
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A Preneed “check-up”. . make sure you “Do it Right”
June 24, 2022Your funeral home has lots of options when it comes to the issue of Preneed. For instance, in most states you have the choice [...] -
Will the pandemic reshape how Americans deal with death?
June 2, 2022I’ve mentioned before that things change in Death Care. . . . but they seem to change rather slowly and methodical. [...] -
British government urged to set up fund for failed preneed providers
May 24, 2022In the shadows of the failure of preneed funding vehicle Safe Hands Plans, the British government is being urged to set up a fund [...]
- Mail on Sunday article calls Safe Hands Plans “a disgrace”
- Pandemic Survey: Retirees emerge resilient. . . what does that mean for Preneed
- Regulation of Preneed apparently coming too late for some consumers
Products
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Canadian company challenges funeral home status quo
June 20, 2022Canadian company, Kinwood, issued this press release last month about a recent submission to the Competition Bureau that they say [...] -
GoFundMe tailors its format for funeral/memorial asks
June 6, 2022It’s another way I see that the death care world has changed since I left the active profession in 2013. That’s [...] -
“Decision Fatigue”. . . do you put your client families through it
June 1, 2022Saturday was going to be a busy day of working in the yard for me. So, after my morning bike ride I showered up and told Angie [...]
- Is a Pet Crematory in your future?
- Recognizing the “cusp of change”
- Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
