Funeral Director Daily
Earlier this week Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of he assets of Ward Funeral Home Limited. Ward Funeral Home Limited operates three stand-alone funeral homes in the Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada area. Here’s what Park Lawn Corporation CEO J. Bradley…
Read MoreIt is June 15th already and the Summer Solstice is almost upon us. June 15th meaning it is the middle of the month when Funeral Director Daily recaps our highest read articles over the past 30 days. . . And, Summer Solstice coming up on June 21 when the northern hemisphere sees…
Read MoreI’ve lived in the same growing community my entire life. I know a lot about the community. . .as a matter of fact my two sons always tell me “I have accumulated a wealth of worthless knowledge about it”!! Living here for a long period of time, being interested in my community,…
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Funeral Director Daily is sharing our Wednesday Afternoon Edition to simply make you aware of the National Funeral Director’s (NFDA) “Brush with Death” podcast series and one of its latest editions. We want to make you aware of Podcast #56 entitled “In Loving Memory of Todd Van Beck“. Here’s what NFDA says…
Read MoreWhen a company commits marketing dollars to a specific purpose they want to make sure that those dollars move the needle as far as they can. So, a topic I’m interested in is at what age should a funeral home start putting preneed marketing in front of a potential client? I’m certain…
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PlotBox, in this recent press release, announces that they have received a US$ 6.2 million capital investment from Guiness Ventures and other existing investors. The press release states that the company, “Headquartered in Northern Ireland with offices in the United States and Australia, . . . has grown over the last decade…
Read MoreThis week may turn out to be one of the most consequential in recent times as to showing a direction as to how the economy turns going forward. There seems to be a lot of positive movement in the American economy at this time as just last week the S&P 500 worked…
Read MoreYesterday’s Funeral Director Daily article centered on the fact that many, especially in the Millennial age group, are seeking what they term a “Work-Life Balance” in their careers and our article pointed out that many who have worked in the funeral profession find that balance lacking in their lives. As was mentioned yesterday,…
Read MoreLast week we wrote an article that you can read here that highlighted the record number of students currenty enrolled in mortuary schools across the country. That article certainly makes it look like we will have a number of graduates to replace those retiring funeral directors as the years go by. However,…
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