Funeral Director Daily
Disagreements can be a part of any transaction. Today I’ll touch on a lawsuit that was filed last week that once again shows the importance of due diligence being necessary in any transaction. Last week we learned through this Wall Street Journal article that Mexican funeral service provider Servicios Funerarios had filed…
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Last week death care conglomerate Security National Financial Corporation reported their 2022 Year End results. As I was reading the press release, which you can access here, it occurred to me that their businesses were affected exactly as you would have thought considering the happenings in America’s business and social environments during…
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We are blessed to live in a country which allows for religious freedom. And, when you work as a funeral director helping those who have lost loved ones to death, it’s a privilege to help even when those client families don’t believe as you do. However, have you ever thought about those…
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Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), sometimes referred to as “human composting” may not be my ideal choice of body disposition. But, that thought does not make me any less of a fan and admirer of Recompose founder Katrina Spade. Spade, in only a few short years has moved NOR from idea to proven…
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Parting Stone, the company that has pioneered “solidified remains” for cremation remains, will be represented on ABC’s Shark Tank this Friday evening by founder and CEO Justin Crowe. According to a press release from Parting Stone, “. . . Crowe will be pitching the service on the April 7th episode of Shark Tank”.…
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If you ever met funeral director Danny Jefferson then it’s pretty simple knowledge that you have one more friend. Danny Jefferson, who contributes to these pages every so often with his “Two Guys and a Question” podcast with partner Alan Creedy, is the consummate Southern gentleman and consummate funeral director. Danny probably…
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Today we are fortunate to have Jake Johnson, CEO of Johnson Consulting Group contribute an article that he has titled, “What we can expect to see in funeral business for the rest of 2023″. As can be expected from an article with that type of title, you will probably come to some conclusions…
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It’s been an interesting first quarter if you are invested in the stock market. We’ve seen interest rates continue to rise and we’ve seen popular opinion on what that might do to technology companies vary. In addition, we’ve seen technology companies reduce their workforce even as some of their stock prices have increased.…
Read MoreThe other day as I was reading some information on the current stock market I saw this quote, “Narrowing leadership is rarely a good thing for market health”. The quote pertained to the current tech company stock market and pointed out that leadership, as referenced by value gains, in that segment had narrowed…
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This article from Business News Australia, that came out on Monday, March 27, indicates that Australia’s largest provider of death care services, InvoCare has rejected a non-solicited offer of $Aus 1.8 billion (United States $1.2 billion) from American private equity player TPG Global made earlier this month. According to the article, TPG…
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