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Batesville named one of America’s “Most Trustworthy” companies

By Funeral Director Daily / April 30, 2024 /

    A recent press release from Batesville give us information that the company has been named to “Newsweek’s list of Most Trustworthy Companies in America for 2024.”  According to the press release “Batesville achieved a top 25 ranking in the Consumer Goods category, alongside a variety of global brand leaders, coming in at number…

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Loss & Legacy: What does the “new” funeral customer want?

By Funeral Director Daily / April 30, 2024 /

    According to at least one survey 76 million American Baby Boomers will reach the age of “Life-Expectancy” between now and 2042.  Another survey I looked at mentioned that there are “only” 71.9 million boomers alive at this time.  So, while the number is “murky” the one fact remains that there will be a…

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Eirene receives $4 million in seed funding, expands into the United States

By Funeral Director Daily / April 29, 2024 /

  It was announced in this recent Pulse 2.0 article that Canada’s online-operated cremation provider Eirene has recently received over $4 million in seed funding led by Relay Ventures with participation from at least two other entities.   According to the article that brings a total of $5 million in funding to the company that was…

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C&J Financial expands in Insurance Assignment funding

By Funeral Director Daily / April 29, 2024 /

  It was announced in this press release from last week that C&J Financial would be expanding by “becom(ing) the exclusive insurance assignments partner for Tribute Technology, taking over operations previously managed by the Tribute Insurance Assignments division”.   Jamie Meredith, Executive Vice President of C&J Financial, made this prepared comment in the press release,…

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Titan Casket continues “edgy” journey to find their audience

By Funeral Director Daily / April 26, 2024 /

    On Wednesday of this week arguably the most innovative and edgy marketing tool was turned loose on the funeral buying public when Direct-to-Consumer casket company Titan Casket unveiled their new relationship with Elan Gale’s “The Year of Elan’s Productions” and actor David Dastmalchian in releasing “Grave Conversations”.   Here’s what an article from…

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Federal Trade Commission bans “Non-Compete” agreements

By Funeral Director Daily / April 25, 2024 /

    “This rule affects every segment of the American economy and in a simple 3-2 vote destroys billions of dollars in value that employers have spent in compensation for a covenant not to compete”.  That quote is part of the message delivered in a National Funeral Directors (NFDA) Special Bulletin on Tuesday by NFDA…

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Take Ring Ring Marketing for a Test Drive

By Funeral Director Daily / April 24, 2024 /

    When it comes to technology I am a confessed “Novice”.  And personally, with Social Media I am pretty quiet too. . . . or maybe my life is dull enough that none of it deserves to be shouted from the rooftops on all the “sharing’ sites.   However, from having Funeral Director Daily…

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Are funerals “Negotiable”? This guy says so

By Funeral Director Daily / April 23, 2024 /

    So, you have to understand my sense of humor, but every once in a while I will be at a Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) such as Taco Bell or McDonalds and let’s say the order taker/cashier rings up my order and says something like that will be $10.29.  With a straight face and…

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Don’t miss this podcast

By Funeral Director Daily / April 22, 2024 /

    Inflation is still high, but consumers are still spending.  Bankers tell us interest rates will probably be “higher” for longer. . .and the Death Care business is continuing to talk about mergers and acquisitions.  On that last subject it’s not often when we get two of the most knowledgeable in the profession together…

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County governments seem to have lots of problems, are human remains another one?

By Funeral Director Daily / April 22, 2024 /

      Funeral Director Daily recently learned through this article from Public Media for Central Pennyslvania that Centre County will be building a 160-unit columbarium in Zion, Pennsylvania, to house urns that have went unclaimed.  According to the article, the columbarium will cost over $19,000 and the county has 41 cardboard urns at this…

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