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At Funeral Director Daily we are very fortunate that we have so many Death Care profession industry experts that read our material. And, we are also very thankful that many of them will offer their expertise to our readers if asked. Learning what they know can help progressive funeral homes increase their own business. Today,…
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Over the years I’ve heard from many consumers that their choice for a cremation disposition had nothing to do with price. Even though I heard that often, and believed the people that told me that, as a funeral professional it was always hard to fathom when it seemed that everywhere you turned you saw cremations…
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Funeral directors come with all kinds of interests and backgrounds. What makes them so interesting is the diverse backgrounds, cultures, and interests that are found among them. But the good ones all have the commonality of becoming ambassadors for the profession simply by plying their trade to humanity. Today, Funeral Director Daily tells you about…
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Earlier this summer we brought you this article which brought information that parent company Hillenbrand Industries was contemplating “strategic alternatives” for its Batesville division. Last week Forbes contributing writer Jim Osman expressed in this article his opinion that the Batesville division should be “spun-off” from Hillenbrand in order to unlock “shareholder value”. Osman contends that…
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There has been some indications, and a lot of hope, that the inflation that we have is starting to subside. While we are now in the 3rd Quarter of 2022, Wal-Mart recently posted their results for the 2nd Quarter of the year. To be honest, Wal-Mart’s profit reached $5.15 billion for the quarter which beat…
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It isn’t very often when you hear of a bona-fide superstar in their athletic field that just can’t seem to wait for the next chapter of their life to start. However, that is where WNBA superstar Sylvia Fowles finds herself as she has counted down the last weeks and days of her 15-year WNBA career. …
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I was proof reading an article for Funeral Director Daily the other day and an odd thought hit me. I operated and managed our family owned funeral home for over 33 years and every day I went to work I did what had to be done and made many decisions. From time to time I…
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This recent public relations press release indicating that a shift in attitudes of people in Great Britain about how people want to “Say Goodbye” to their loved ones makes one wonder if that shift will find its way across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. One report found that “sales of direct cremation plans…
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The Choice Mutual annual survey on American burial preferences, that you can access here, has been released and it shows that preference for Natural Burial dispositions has grown since the 2020 survey while the preference for traditional services and cremation has declined. To be sure, Natural Burial only shows a preference of 10% of the…
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I recently came across this article from the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News. The article told the story of the Routsong Funeral Home acquiring the Morris Sons “funeral business” of the same community. What was interesting was that the article told of the Routsong Funeral Home “picking up (the) pre-funded funeral service arrangements for an additional…
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