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We’ve said it many times before, “funeral home ownership has historically been local, family-owned, and generational”. And while there are a good many really good regional and national consolidators, many times “keeping it local” can be a defining part of what an owner wishes to do when he or she eventually decides to sell…
Is there a time when you haven’t given the task at hand your all in effort? Maybe your feeling burned out or under-appreciated. Odds are that if you have felt that way, you are probably not alone with the thought. Tonight, January 16, the Cremation Association of North America once again…
If you operate or work at a funeral home you know that there is a lot of change going on. . . . .Let’s see, there is less church membership leading to less church services. And, less church services seems to be leading to less traditional services going so far as to move to an…
Maybe you’ve been living under a rock and have not heard multiple and multiple times from media and social media that today is the Iowa Caucuses. . . .the first step in whittling up the candidates that will lead to the upcoming 11-month process in selecting our next President. So, brace yourself for…
My wife and I happened to be staying on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the date of the Chinese New Year in 2020. . . that date was January 25, 2020. I remember it vividly because as we came back to the hotel from dinner the Chinese New Year party was starting…
It was announced in a recent press release that industry veteran Jim Price has joined the team at Johnson Consulting Group. In the press release Johnson Consulting Group described Price as “a distinguished professional with an unparalleled career spanning over five decades in the funeral and cemetery profession. Price’s strategic acumen and proven success record…
When funeral home, cremation, and cemetery company InvoCare was taken private last year by private equity firm TPG Global it pushed Propel Funeral Partners Limited to be what we believe is the largest publicly-owned death care provider in Australia and New Zealand. And, Propel Funeral Partners is not standing still as this article…
We learned from this article in the Houston Chronicle that Service Corporation International (SCI) is planning to build a new headquarters building adjacent to their current headquarters later this year. The article points out that the new headquarters to be built on Allen Parkway next to the current headquarters could total a construction cost…
In any given year there is a lot that happens in any industry or profession. And, there was a lot that happened in death care in 2023 such as the continuing Federal Trade Commission continuing to look into and holding hearings on the status of “The Funeral Rule”. Or, on the more…
