Funeral Director Daily
The standard “What business are you in” history lesson is still taught at the nation’s top business schools. That lesson goes way back to when I was in college and contemplates the question of how you define your business may actually make or break the business as the business goes forward in times of technological…
Read More2019 is supposed to be the year that the Federal Trade Commission reviews the Funeral Rule. I don’t know if that will happen, but critics of the death care industry are asking for the reviewal and with it, price transparency required as a web or app based service. This article that I read from the…
Read MoreSo, it is Memorial Day. Take some time to give thanks today to those who have kept us safe. . and those who gave their all in doing so. Take some time also to remember those who loved you and cared for you. Treasure your relationships. I am reminded a lot that life in a…
Read MoreMaybe we really are aging a little. It seems like just yesterday that we were talking about the Millennials — that group of beings born between 1981 and 1996 – coming into the workforce and how we were prepared to deal with their age based culture. That group is now aged between the mid 20’s…
Read MoreAlmost two years ago we brought you this story about Service Corporation International purchasing Allnutt Funeral Services in Colorado. Turns out that one of the locations was in Greeley, Colorado and that location recently moved to a new location in west Greeley. Upon that move we came across this story from the Greeley Tribune which…
Read MoreEarlier in May both of America’s leading casket companies reported their 2019 fiscal year 2nd quarter financials. Those companies, Hillenbrand, which is the parent company of Batesville Casket Company, and Matthews International, which is the parent company of Aurora Casket Company, reported declining sales of caskets. You can see Hillenbrand’s 2Q report here and you…
Read MoreA news report and video story from NBC 15 that you can see here came out of came out of Alabama late last week. The report, out of the town of Prichard in Mobile County, suggests that an illegal cemetery that was in use has allowed caskets to be dug up and reused. The report…
Read MoreIt will come as no secret to anybody that Canadian funeral home and cemetery operator Park Lawn Corporation increased their revenue in the First Quarter of 2019 over that of the same period in 2018. Due to the number, size, and scope of their acquisition activity it was not a matter of increasing revenue, it…
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