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An article that you can see here from Choice indicates that Australian funeral market leader InvoCare will back down on an “administrative fee” that is added to all funeral statements. According to the article, InvoCare’s Keiron Humbler, when asked about the removal of this fee commented, “That’s the plan”. Funeral Director Daily first told…
Read MoreWe came across an article recently that introduced new owners at the Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home in Shenandoah, Iowa. The article is interesting to us as it brings up the idea of funeral home brand growth in rural areas. Most people in the death care space will talk about “demographics” as much as they talk about…
Read MoreAn interesting article came out this past weekend from the Metrowest Daily News of suburban Boston. The article, that you can read here, dealt with the changes in funeral service over time for some of the long established funeral homes west of Boston in Worcester, Massachusetts. Some of the funeral homes questioned for the article…
Read MoreI saw this title or something like it on my daily Google death care alerts and thought. . “What of it”. The American Millennial generation started with births in 1980. . what is so strange about a 40-year old managing a mortuary. My goodness, we have people younger than that serving in the United States…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Funeral Director Daily has grown greatly in subscribers in the last two years. Because of such I have decided that every once in a while I will throw out a well read article to be read again. The article will have to continue to be relevant in the profession when I do such. …
Read MoreMany people talk of taking their business “Outside the Box” to find new creative ways to generate more revenue and build their business enterprise. I’m certainly no MBA guy in Business or Finance. . . but, more or less I’ve been involved in business for about 50 years since I had my first paper route. …
Read MoreNot so long ago we told you in this article about Service Corporation International (SCI) closing and selling the historic designated landmark H.M. Patterson & Son Chapel in Atlanta, Georgia. That chapel had served for 91 years as the flagship chapel for H.M. Patterson in the Atlanta area. We recently learned that SCI has listed…
Read MoreI think I am very much like most people in that when I see something that pertains to something in my life I generally pay attention. Today’s article emanates from some things I saw or heard over the last week. First of all, I am an investor in a small private company that rents billboard…
Read MoreOne company says, their business is about “the option to deal with everything online in as little as five minutes” and meant to give back time to people who are grieving. Another business says it is about “connecting with the families they serve”. One company wants to offer a simple solution and an all-inclusive price…
Read MoreTo understand me you have to understand that I was somewhat, especially when it came to business, a data geek even before data and the term “data analytics” became in vogue. When my wife and I were married in 1988 – and I was hatching all kinds of business opportunities outside of the funeral realm,…
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