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Family-owned Quinn Hearse and Limousine, headquartered in Northern Ireland recently received funding from the United Kingdom’s Innovate UK Fund, Invest Northern Ireland, and others to develop the “Coffin Pod”. According to this article, “The Coffin Pod is a sealed glass pod which will allow funeral directors to transport coffins safely, and allow families to have…
The City of Sheffield is located north of London and not too far from both Manchester and Nottingham in Great Britain. Sheffield’s City Cemetery was built in 1836 in response to the overcrowding and poor conditions in Sheffield’s churches. Today, 87,000 souls rest eternally in the cemetery, but you can also spend a night there.…
Recently we found this article written by Daniel Jones for Seeking Alpha. In the article he brings out the pros and cons of an investment in Service Corporation International. One question that he asked in the article when considering that Service Corporation International has greatly increased its gross revenues is this, “On its face, all…
Editor’s Note: A recent article that we published on the increasing United States death rate brought commentary from Jake Johnson of Funeral Director Daily sponsor Johnson Consulting Group. Here’s Jake’s take on what increasing death rates may mean to your funeral home: A recent article by Funeral Director Daily was published on the national death…
There is an incredible amount of trust in the death care business. Families trust funeral directors to care for their most prized possessions — their loved ones who die. And, good funeral directors know of that trust and do everything within their power to diligently carry out the requests of families who put that trust…
We commented on an article about what an author called “Big Funeral” in last Friday’s edition of Funeral Director Daily. While I told you I didn’t agree with much of the article from Wired, I thought it was a pretty good read and, at least, one author’s not so great opinion of the death care…
Roosevelt Investments, a wealth management firm with 50 years of experience working with funeral and cemetery professionals, will host its next live video call on Thursday, October 14, beginning at 12 Noon Eastern Time. The topic will be “Short-Term Turbulence but Medium-Term Optimism: Our Thoughts Into Year End” John Roscoe, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, and…
The funeral profession has long had its critics. Those of us in the profession have to understand that and know that from time to time we are going to be broadsided by those critics’ calls for change. Recently this article entitled “How ‘Big Funeral’ made the afterlife so expensive” was published in Wired. It’s a…
Every once in a while I come across a couple of items that are sometimes related and it makes me think about potential business aspects of the items when combined together. That recently happened to me once again — late in September I received a marketing e-mail from the Cremation Association of North America (CANA)…
A relatively new death tech app, Empathy, recently raised $30 million in Series A funding according to this article from Tech Crunch. The product is designed to help bereaving families navigate the choppy waters that result when a family member or someone close to them dies. “Empathy is a customer-centric company with compassion at our…
