Afternoon Edition
We reported in our morning edition on last week’s happenings in Great Britain pertaining to the proposal that Pure Cremation will be acquired by private equity firm Epiris. We thought with that news we would try to let you know about the two other major potential acquisitions in the Death Care profession around…
Read MoreOur article this morning dealt with inflation and possible deflation. In doing the research for the article I came across this inflation calculator which I thought funeral homes and cemeteries would enjoy using to compare how they are pricing. According to this calculator: “The dollar had an average inflation rate of 5.64% per…
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As the calendar turns into August Funeral Director Daily has identified some interesting learning opportunities for our readers. And, a couple of them begin as early as tomorrow. Here’s some of the things on tap: From Wilbert’s continuing series of e-learning for funeral professionals we bring you these August opportunities for free CEU…
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I recently had the opportunity to listen to an insightful podcast that featured Foundation Partners Group’s Chief Marketing and Digital Officer Lee Senderov. She was a guest on the podcast “Celebration Chatters” which is hosted by 1-800-Flowers founder Jim McCann. I’ve been a licensed funeral director for over 40 years but…
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The latest information we have out of Australia on the potential takeover of Australia’s largest death care provider, InvoCare, by United States private equity company TPG Capital is from a “Street Talk” column in Wednesday’s Australian Financial Review. Here’s a couple of exerpts from that article which is entitled “InvoCare talks turn…
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Most of the news out of the South Pacific dealing with Death Care has been about the prolonged potential takeover of Australia’s largest funeral and cremation provider, InvoCare, by the United States based private equity firm TPG Global. However, while that potential marriage is still under consideration, Propel Funeral Partners, the 2nd…
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It’s always surprising to me how fast the middle of the month rolls around and we shout out the stories that have been “Top-Read” on Funeral Director Daily for that past 30-day period. Today we once again bring those out and offer a few other tidbits that we picked up in the…
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As to the possible takeover of Australia’s largest death care provider, InvoCare, by United States private equity company TPG Global, The Australian Financial Review reported this on Thursday, July 20, 2023: “After a bit of back and forth, InvoCare and TPG signed an agreement on May 15 at a $13 per…
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One of Funeral Director Daily’s sponsors, the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), will again be helping to host the Peer Support Network online meeting tomorrow night, July 18, at 8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central time. Here’s what CANA says about this month’s meeting in a recent press release on…
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The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) will soon be convening their 105th Cremation Innovation Convention in Washington D.C. from August 9-11. The organization composed of members from the funeral home, cemetery, crematory, supplier, and consultant world will feature a roster of outstanding individuals and topics in their learning workshops throughout the…
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