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InvoCare to “back down” on administrative fee

By Funeral Director Daily / February 10, 2020 /

  An article that you can see here from Choice indicates that Australian funeral market leader InvoCare will back down on an “administrative fee” that is added to all funeral statements.  According to the article, InvoCare’s Keiron Humbler, when asked about the removal of this fee commented, “That’s the plan”. Funeral Director Daily first told…

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In the Navy . . . . . .

By Funeral Director Daily / February 10, 2020 /

Where you can find pleasure Search the world for treasure Learn science technology Where you can begin to make all of your dreams come true . . . In the Navy!! If you were my vintage and attended college in the late 1970’s you would recognize those words as the 1979 musical hit from The…

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Propel Funeral Partners growing market share

By Funeral Director Daily / February 7, 2020 /

This article from Yahoo Finance indicates that Australian and New Zealand public funeral operating company Propel Funeral Partners is growing market share.  According to the article it is growing both from acquisitions and an annual death rate increase in both countries. Here is an excerpt from that article: “In Propel’s FY19 investor presentation, the company…

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TGIF – It’s been quite a week!!

By Funeral Director Daily / February 7, 2020 /

Let’s see. . . Super Bowl, State of the Union Speech, Impeachment Vote, my Minnesota Twins got involved in a blockbuster baseball trade, and my Minnesota Gophers beat arch-rival Wisconsin in basketball. . . it’s been quite a week to keep everything straight.  To end it for my Funeral Director Daily readers I will not…

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Rural Iowa funeral home expands

By Funeral Director Daily / February 6, 2020 /

We came across an article recently that introduced new owners at the Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home in Shenandoah, Iowa.  The article is interesting to us as it brings up the idea of funeral home brand growth in rural areas. Most people in the death care space will talk about “demographics” as much as they talk about…

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Chinese funeral directors working 24/7

By Funeral Director Daily / February 5, 2020 /

Simply because this is happening in real time we thought we would link our readers to an article that appeared in the Epoch Times yesterday relating to an interview with a funeral director in Wuhan, China, and the work he has been doing, because of the coronavirus,  over the past week. A Mr. Yun is…

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New product – Parting Stone – wins award

By Funeral Director Daily / February 5, 2020 /

Just yesterday Funeral Director Daily featured an article about staying positive about changes that come within the industry.  We wrote about changes in funeral service over the last 150 years and how figuring out how you can enhance your service with those changes is what keeps funeral homes relevant to death care consumers. Today, we…

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China says “Immediate cremation for Wuhan deaths”

By Funeral Director Daily / February 4, 2020 /

In this article from Business Insider that was published last Saturday, the Chinese National Health Commission along with the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Public Affairs issued regulations stating that all coronavirus deaths in China must be immediately cremated with “no farewell ceremonies or other funeral activities involving the corpse”. Up until…

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The power of “Positive”

By Funeral Director Daily / February 4, 2020 /

An interesting article came out this past weekend from the Metrowest Daily News of suburban Boston.  The article, that you can read here, dealt with the changes in funeral service over time for some of the long established funeral homes west of Boston in Worcester, Massachusetts.  Some of the funeral homes questioned for the article…

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Park Lawn Corporation completes acquisition

By Funeral Director Daily / February 3, 2020 /

Last Friday the Park Lawn Corporation, headquartered in Toronto, issued this press release which confirms that they have completed an  acquisition announced earlier in the year.  The press release tells of the completion of the Nashville, Tennessee area acquisition which includes Family Legacy, LLC, a business with 12 locations.  The acquisition also includes the membership…

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