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Last week I had a two hour drive and set my radio to a station on Sirius that featured a news talk show. What was highly unusual was that the group of well-known broadcasters started talking about death care and then started talking about what their wishes would be for their own…
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The Washington Post recently printed this article which in part said, “. . . .a distinct shift is underway in how we approach death. More than half of Americans are seeking greener funerals, according to the National Funeral Directors Association, and the percentage is rising. The funeral industry is responding: You can now be entombed in a…
The last year has brought many changes to Death Care as it pertains to those companies that have been operated in the public markets. Both StoneMor and Dignity plc have been taken out of the public realm and into private ownership space and Batesville has been spun-out of Hillenbrand Industries and purchased by…
There is not only a lot of talk lately about the funeral, memorial service, and celebrations that families are contemplating in the future for themselves and their loved ones, but there is also a lot of investment money being spent on companies who want to be on the upside swing of what these…
Earlier this week we received notice that LongRange Capital has completed the acquisition of Batesville. The transaction of purchasing the Batesville Company from public company Hillenbrand Industries was announced late in 2022 and apparently now has been completed. In addition, the private equity firm announced in this press release that Batesville CEO…
Victoriaville & Co., the Canadian based company that provides death care merchandise on three continents, announced in this press release a 67,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Cleveland, Ohio. According to Alain Dumont, President and CEO of Victoriaville & Co., “This manufacturing addition to our existing capacity has become necessary in order to…
Public company Matthews International, with a stake in the death care business, reported their Fiscal Year 2023 First Quarter last week and in doing so reported a company-wide quarter over quarter sales revenue increase of about 2.4%. The entire revenue increase, however, comes from their much heralded investment in the energy storage solutions business.…
I’ve said it before and truly believe it. Death care is changing and will continue to change. No longer are traditional funeral homes the only option for those who need death care services. Have you heard of the “Be a Tree Cremation Service” of Denver, Colorado, yet? Neither had I until this past…
