Funeral Director Daily
An article in the Daily Times of Maryville, Tennessee, that you can read here announced that the Smith Funeral and Cremation Service has successfully applied for, and been approved, to add a crematory in their existing funeral home inside the city limits of Maryville. Owners Jason Chambers and C. Lynn Gibson indicated that the cremation…
Read MoreTestimony continued in the Gulfport, Mississippi, trial where six black-owned funeral homes have contended that Harrison County and its coroner, Gary Hargraves, have discriminated against them by sending deceased bodies in greater numbers to the white-owned funeral homes in the county. In testimony yesterday, which is summed up by the Associated Press here, Harrison County…
Read MoreDignity, PLC, the British based conglomerate reported revenue for the 1st quarter of 2018 the other day. The company reported revenue of US$ 135 million for the quarter as compared to revenue of US$ 132 million for the 1st quarter of 2017. That is an increase of 2.2%. The increased revenue number is…
Read MoreAustralia’s leading provider of funeral and cremation services, InvoCare, announced on April 17th that their newest funeral home has been opened in Dandenong, Victoria. According to their press release which you can read here, “Industry and consumer trends show customers are increasingly looking for a contemporary environment that provides a range of products and services,…
Read MoreWhen Funeral Director Daily made our 2018 predictions, one that we made was that we thought Canadian funeral and cemetery operator, Park Lawn Corporation, would be aggressive in building its network of funeral homes and cemeteries in the United States. If you did not agree even when they made a purchase of approximately $US…
Read MoreMy wife and I enjoy going through the Ikea store near Mall of America in the Minneapolis suburbs. Virtually everything we find there is not only modern and up to date, but we can purchase it for a discount in a box, bring it home, and put it together. We not only get a great…
Read MoreFuneral Director Daily: As we do from time to time, I have included an article that was put out yesterday by Kenny Robinson of Seeking Alpha on Service Corporation International. The article, that you can read here, is an in-depth investment piece that I put out with no opinion other than to say it is…
Read MoreI recently read an article in TheHindu.com that you can read here pertaining to the growth of the Chinese death care industry. For many years the process of death care in China was one of the family going to a central government cremation center, and watching as their loved one was loaded into the crematory…
Read MoreI read an article the other day that I found in the consumer “Watchdog” section of the Dallas News. The article that you can read here pertained to a direct mail piece advertising “Free Burials for Eligible Veterans and Spouses”. That type of ad is not uncommon and if you are in the funeral business…
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