Afternoon Edition
As part of Funeral Director Daily’s continuing effort to make you aware of health and knowledge information available to the Death Care professional we turn this afternoon’s blog spot over to giving you some information on items of interest in the profession. Learn about how to care for yourself when you tune in to CANA’s…
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A recent article published by Seeking Alpha indicates that the “Go Shop” period for StoneMor Inc., following the announcement of a potential going private sale to Axar Capital, is over. In the article the authors mention, “StonMor has been able to solicit other offers, which might not necessarily be take privates. The go-shop period is…
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I have a son that works in the automotive industry and we’ve discussed their lines of revenue quite often. For instance the average dealership has about six primary lines of revenue – new car sales, used car sales, the service or repair center, a collision repair center, a leasing center, and a financing center. At…
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Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc., (WFSI) the leading provider of burial vaults and cremation-related products and services in North America, is pleased to announce the launch of their new Cremation Choices Catalog on October 1st. Wilbert Merchandising Manager, Mike Devaney stated, “We are excited about the new expanded catalog. We are adding 80 new urns and…
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It is our custom at Funeral Director Daily to post the top-read stories of the past 30 days at the middle of every month. Just in case you missed one or two of them. . here they are. In addition we are putting out some information for that you may find useful pertaining to the…
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On the same day that the Dow Jones Industrials average dropped the deepest in the past two years (Tuesday, September 13) Seeking Alpha author Austin Rogers opined in this article that death care conglomerate Matthews International (MATW) would be one of his Top 3 picks to choose as a stock in the category “Cheap Dividend…
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Collecting of accounts receivables has came a long way from the 1930’s when a funeral home just asked the client family to “settle up” when ready. Today’s use of cash-flow makes it imperative that funeral homes reduce the amounts of money they have “on the books”. In addition, helping families receive money due them from…
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The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) recently wrapped up its 104th Cremation Innovation Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. More than 60 exhibitors offered solutions for business to all kinds of convention attendees. Barbara Kemmis, Executive Director of CANA made these comments, “After two years of pivoting, it was wonderful to be surrounded again by the…
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On Thursday, September 1, Wilbert’s WilbertEDU continuing education series will feature author Jessica Vitalis discussing her 2021 book, The Wolf’s Curse. Here’s what Wilbert says about the topic: “In this WilbertEDU session, Jessica discusses grief in children’s literature and how she came to write The Wolf’s Curse, which chronicles the journey of a 12-year-old apprentice…
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Last week Seeking Alpha contributing author Daniel Jones authored an article highlighting death care funeral home and cemetery operator Carriage Services. Here’s some of what he says in the article, “Although it may sound morbid to say, the death care space is a particularly interesting area for investors to explore. In a world where…
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