Funeral Director Daily

Podcast points out importance of “Focus” in building your brand

By Funeral Director Daily / June 26, 2024 /

    Only a few years ago Dan Garrett of the United Kingdom founded the will writing company Farewill in that country.  He estimates that his company has moved, via estates, a wealth transfer of more than 100 billion pounds of assets.  He’s moved on to also start a firm in Direct Cremation with “Farewill…

Banks, Northey to present Funeral365 webinar tomorrow

By Funeral Director Daily / June 25, 2024 /

  Funeral365, the management solution company for funeral service, is presenting a free online seminar tomorrow, Wednesday, June 26, at 4 pm Eastern Time (3 pm Central Time).   Here’s what the people at Funeral365 say that you can learn from this presentation: The current state of the deathcare industry and financial trends Innovative approaches…

ChurchFunerals Direct announces partnership with OARBC

By Funeral Director Daily / June 25, 2024 /

Earlier this month ChurchFunerals Direct, an Ohio-based funeral services provider made this announcement that they had formed a partnership with the Ohio Association of Regular Baptist Churches (OARBC).  According to the announcement, ChurchFunerals Direct is now “the official state funeral provider for the 134 churches in the OARBC.   According to Mark May, ChurchFunerals Direct…

Johnson Consulting’s Jake Johnson to be featured in Order of the Golden Rule “WebEd” series

By Funeral Director Daily / June 24, 2024 /

    Succession planning and driving enterprise value upward should always be in our minds as owners, managers, and key stakeholders in a business. “The why behind all we do.”  –  That sentence is part of a teaser put out for a webinar to appear on the Order of the Golden Rule’s WebEd” series tomorrow,…

Compensation — “Who makes the decisions?”

By Funeral Director Daily / June 24, 2024 /

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently received a new wage package from the Board of Directors and it has caused Tesla, Musk, and the amount of Executive Pay to be in the spotlight.  For the record, Musk just received a 10-year pay package valued at $47 billion over the next ten years.   It…

Victoriaville & Co. to acquire Pennsylvania-based casket company

By Funeral Director Daily / June 21, 2024 /

  There is no doubt that the Death Care profession continues to consolidate and it is not only true of retail funeral establishments.  You can read in this press release about Victoriaville & Co. announcing that they are acquiring certain assets of the Schuylkill Haven Casket Company and Columbia Caskets Corporation.   Here’s what the…

Funeral directors need to promote “Funeral Celebrants”

By Funeral Director Daily / June 20, 2024 /

    It is my opinion that the lack of people to preside over ceremonies for the dead may in the future have a limiting effect on the number of ceremonies that are held. . . . which would be detrimental to those in the funeral home and memorial businesses.   I understand that conducting…

Park Lawn / Death Care finance stories dominate Funeral Director Daily in last 30 days

By Funeral Director Daily / June 19, 2024 /

  The middle of the month came up fast again. . . and at Funeral Director Daily we are excited that we continue to grow.  Our readership, as measured by pageviews, is up another 4.5% over May of 2023. . .Thank you for reading us.   As for stories of the past 30 days it’s…

Black funeral homes and the Civil Rights movement

By Funeral Director Daily / June 19, 2024 /

      About the time that I had completed two-thirds of my term as a member of the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents the University hired a new President.  Her name was Joan Gabel and she became the first female President of the University of Minnesota, coming to the U of M after…

Will SCI take a run at Park Lawn Corporation?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 18, 2024 /

    Service Corporation International (SCI) is the largest operator in North America among funeral home and cemetery operators.  They will do somewhere near $4.2 billion in revenue this year while we believe their largest competitors, Carriage Services and Park Lawn Corporation will do somewhere about $400 million and $300 million respectfully.  In essence, by…