Recent Posts
- 3 days agoEarlier this week the largest funeral home and cemetery operator in North America, Service Corporation International (SCI), revealed their results for the 2nd Quarter of 2021. It was a much
- 4 days agoIt will surprise no one that in the Covid-19 pandemic year of 2020, that life expectancy for Americans dropped by the largest decline since World War II. This article from the Associated Press also
- 5 days agoI can remember back to a time when I thought sending out direct mailing pieces for preneed funeral planning was too forward and bordered on being in bad taste. At that time we were always worried
- 6 days agoEvery once in a while I come across an article which reminds me how much the actual inner workings of a funeral business has changed. And sometimes paradoxically, the same article or articles can
- 7 days agoI read this interesting short article (and video news story) authored by Myles Udland at Yahoo Finance the other day. In the article, he surmises about “the role that demand is playing in the
Business
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Meet Singapore’s all female embalming team
July 27, 2021Every once in a while I come across an article which reminds me how much the actual inner workings of a funeral business has [...] -
How will death care fare in an “upside down” world?
July 26, 2021I read this interesting short article (and video news story) authored by Myles Udland at Yahoo Finance the other day. In the [...] -
The value of non-conventional marketing
July 23, 2021It’s hard for me to believe that I now call Direct Mail, Radio, and Newspaper advertising “non-conventional”. [...]
- Congress working to stop “Body Brokers”
- Hospice provider to give “assistance with funeral arrangements”
- Funeral service. . . . .by the numbers
Finance
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SCI sees 2Q 2021 Revenue per Service jump over $600 per case
July 30, 2021Earlier this week the largest funeral home and cemetery operator in North America, Service Corporation International (SCI), [...] -
An opinion from Seeking Alpha on Service Corporation International
July 20, 2021Yesterday, July 19, Seeking Alpha published a pretty in-depth investment article from Livingston Investments on funeral home and [...] -
Roosevelt Investments offers update on financial markets
July 15, 2021Roosevelt Investments, a boutique wealth management firm located in Midtown Manhattan with 50 years of experience providing [...]
- Foundation Partners Group adds Farley Funeral Homes and Crematory
- Robot working overtime at Arbor Memorial funeral home
- Death Care Index rises 14.7% year to date
Cremation
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Death care receives criticism on three continents
July 13, 2021I’ve operated and managed a thriving funeral home. If you’ve been there and done it. . . you know it is 24/7/365. . [...] -
The sky is not falling
July 1, 2021I was somewhat amused as I watched this television news report from ABC News 11 in North Carolina. The story is entitled, [...] -
Death care start-ups Recompose and Pure Cremation keep moving forward
June 30, 2021New ideas come to the forefront in all industries from time to time. Some never get going, some ideas stagnate, but it is [...]
- New York Senate, Assembly pass exemption to move crematory
- Solace cremation company raises $1.745 million in seed funding
- Nashville area gets online cremation service
Regulations
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SCI sees 2Q 2021 Revenue per Service jump over $600 per case
July 30, 2021Earlier this week the largest funeral home and cemetery operator in North America, Service Corporation International (SCI), [...] -
American Life Expectancy drops in 2020
July 29, 2021It will surprise no one that in the Covid-19 pandemic year of 2020, that life expectancy for Americans dropped by the largest [...] -
South African preneed market exploding
July 28, 2021I can remember back to a time when I thought sending out direct mailing pieces for preneed funeral planning was too forward and [...]
- Meet Singapore’s all female embalming team
- How will death care fare in an “upside down” world?
- The value of non-conventional marketing
Cemetery
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A new use for cemeteries
July 12, 2021Over the history of successful products you will encounter many that the intended use for the product never developed into [...] -
“Green” going big
June 15, 2021Market forces eventually move ideas and products that become staples of our way of life. However, in almost all cases, private [...] -
Can two death care trends solve a problem??
June 1, 2021Over the years that I have done the research for the articles that appear in Funeral Director Daily, among others, I have noticed [...]
- Memorial Day 2021 — Remember. . . “Out of many, One”
- Mortuary school holds commencement in cemetery
- Report: Headstone market hot
Preneed
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SCI sees 2Q 2021 Revenue per Service jump over $600 per case
July 30, 2021Earlier this week the largest funeral home and cemetery operator in North America, Service Corporation International (SCI), [...] -
South African preneed market exploding
July 28, 2021I can remember back to a time when I thought sending out direct mailing pieces for preneed funeral planning was too forward and [...] -
Death care receives criticism on three continents
July 13, 2021I’ve operated and managed a thriving funeral home. If you’ve been there and done it. . . you know it is 24/7/365. . [...]
- Is now the best time ever to build market share thru Preneed?
- College research shows distinction between preneed and at need funeral purchases
- Is SCI’s value in their “float”?
Products
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A new use for cemeteries
July 12, 2021Over the history of successful products you will encounter many that the intended use for the product never developed into [...] -
Robot working overtime at Arbor Memorial funeral home
July 8, 2021Canada’s privately owned funeral home and cemetery company, Arbor Memorial, was recently selected as a “Gold [...] -
Death care start-ups Recompose and Pure Cremation keep moving forward
June 30, 2021New ideas come to the forefront in all industries from time to time. Some never get going, some ideas stagnate, but it is [...]
- Matthews increasingly serving the profession. . . . and the living
- Johnson Consulting to host “Data Driven Decision” webinar
- Perceived lack of Death Care transparency leads to winning startup competition
