Funeral Director Daily
The other day I came across this article from Today’s Will & Probate publication of Great Britain. The title of the article is “Regulation profoundly changing the dynamics of the funeral plan market“. I think it portends continuing interest and expansion in funeral home preneed sales. I also believe that some of…
Read MoreThe number of funeral homes in the US in the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s was often quoted as 22,000, similar to the number of furniture stores at that time. Today, furniture stores exceed 67,000; in contrast the number of funeral homes has remained nearly the same as in the 1970’s. The demand for…
Read MoreLast week I attended a Blue Ocean Tour seminar planned and produced by Alan Creedy and Danny Jefferson. It was my first time on one of these events and it was an incredible learning experience including tours of Death Care facilities, a National Cemetery, discussons, learning experiences, and simple brainstorming of ideas with a…
Read MoreTrends, transformations, private equity, and consumer choices — We’ve had it all in the past 30 days
The middle of the month has crept up on us again. . . and in Minnesota we are finally getting around to golf season. On about the 15th of each month Funeral Director Daily highlights our top read articles of the past thirty days and we have some great ones for you. . ..…
Read MoreIf you have not heard about “it” yet, you will soon. The “it” in this instance is the reprise of the President Trump Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). The reason that you will hear about it is that without something being done during the Congressional year of 2025 the laws,…
Read MoreBack in the years between 2015 and 2021 I served a six-year term on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. I learned much from that experience over the years that I served. For my entire life I had grown up, lived, and worked in a small community where self-reliance had been taught…
Read MoreJohn Adams, currently a past-President of Great Britain’s National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD), is a change agent in the Death Care space. His advocacy for an elementary school curriculum that includes a course on “Bereavement” in Great Britain got him time to present the idea in Parliament and impress the members of…
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