Funeral Director Daily
I recently ran across this article from Changing America that is titled, “What’s the fastest food drive-thru? It isn’t Chick-fil-A”. It’s a very interesting article that may be able to give us some sense to how we should view our customers in the death care realm. It’s interesting to note that in…
As I look for material to bring before the readers of Funeral Director Daily I continue to be amazed at, what I consider, the number of new “Death Care” operators that are hanging out a shingle and opening for business. And, unlike the 1940’s when there was a large expansion of men opening…
Readership in Funeral Director Daily is growing, but for those who read us to improve their business, this article from Axios tells us that U.S. death rates are falling. . . . which may affect that death care business going forward. According to the article, death rates in the United States have…
In an article that was published on October 1, and I’ll remind our readers that was before Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) had publicly withdrawn its $34 per share offer for Carriage Services, Seeking Alpha authors gave a positive review of Park Lawn Corporation. The article, which you can read here is entitled,…
Morgan Stanley equity analyst Simeon Gutman recently made this comment in this white paper from Morgan Stanley, “Americans are increasingly attached to their pets, which is clearly shown in survey results, and thus pet spending is a priority. Consumers are less willing to cut pet spending even when real personal disposable income declines.” …
One might have to ask if the “human composting” company Return Home wanted a deal when they went on Shark Tank and were featured last Friday. The company, that calls its brand of Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) “Terramation” left the popular show without a deal. Did they want a deal? We will…
The 3rd Quarter of 2023 ended with the end of September and we thought it would be a good time to take a look at how the public companies in Death Care have held up over the course of the past quarter and past nine months. From our point of view it looks like…
According to this article from the Seattle Times of Thursday, October 5, terramation company Return Home will present its company and product on the television show Shark Tank tonight, October 6. The article states that the company will be looking for an investment of $2 million for a 5% equity stake in the…
On Wednesday Funeral Director Daily told you of the Tuesday, October 2, press release of Park Lawn Corporation stating that it was withdrawing its all-cash offer to purchase all of the outstanding stock of Carriage Services. It also mentioned that it had declined to participate any further in Carriage Services’ “Review of Strategic…
Those of us who walked the convention halls at NFDA in Las Vegas recently heard lots of reasons why many in the death care profession were not too optimistic about the immediate future of our businesses. There was lots of talk about inflation causing rising expenses and interest rates taking a bigger chunk…
