Funeral Director Daily
I recently came across this article from late October that was published in the Pine Knot News of northeastern Minnesota. The article is headlined “Director-less funeral home trims services“. I’m from Minnesota and know a little about northeastern Minnesota which is a large lumber and iron ore producing area. Generally, the communities are…
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There’s a little of everything in Funeral Director Daily’s list of “Top Read” articles of the past 30 days. There is information on caskets, services, memorialization, value of businesses, and even some thoughts on what Death Care personnel do that the general public just doesn’t understand. . . . And, we will…
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The Wall Street Journal in this recent article (you may find a paywall here) estimates that over the past 5 years Americans have gained a total of $63 trillion in personal wealth. And, this article from Yahoo Finance states “. . . the top 20% — the high-earning American households — are thriving because…
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Seeking Alpha author Daniel Jones made the following comment in this opinion article titled “Carriage Services is coming back to life” published last week about the company: “. . . I believe that the market is currently underestimating Carriage Services. The business has done a fine job of reorienting itself over the…
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Golf courses, in this day and age, are incredibly expensive to build. It’s not only the land acquisition costs but you have the costs involved in shaping the fairways and the greens, building a clubhouse and equipment garages, and, of course, the holding costs while the landscape grows into a playable course. I…
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The election of Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of the city that many refer to as the “World’s Financial Center” has brought about questions on what might change. Most of those questions deal with financial issues such as taxes and benefits. From the perspective of Death Care and funerals my thought process…
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In what I would term an “Honorable” press release from Death Care consolidator and operator Foundation Partners Group, the company is using this day to not only honor all American military veterans but to illustrate some of the military veterans who continue to “serve” in the realm of Death Care. According to the…
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News from Suppliers and Practitioners that you can use: “Tribute Technology has announced a new partnership with Family Shield Credit, the first fintech platform designed by funeral professionals to offer flexible, budget-friendly payment options for funeral homes and their client families. This collaboration integrates Family Shield’s proven financing platform into Tribute Technology’s…
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National funeral home and cemetery operator Carriage Services announced their 3rd Quarter results last week. In total they announced total revenues of $102.7 million in revenues for the 3rd Quarter in comparison to the 2024 3rd Quarter of $100.7 million — that’s a 2% total increase. The same report also stated that the company’s…
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Service Corporation International Chairman and CEO Thomas Ryan made some interesting comments in his opening statements in last week’s SCI Earnings Call. And, I wonder when looking at the long-range perspective if these comments portend an increasingly successful future for cemeteries and less of that future for traditional funeral homes. Here’s some of…
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