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Last week our Commander/Businessman-in-Chief, President Donald Trump, indicated that he is willing to put a 25% tariff on steel imports from foreign countries. It is interesting to note that, at this time, we don’t know if he will follow thru with such or is using the threat to get Mexico and Canada back to the…
Read MoreAn occaissional new feature that we will be starting at Funeral Director Daily is to introduce our readers to some of the new products and features that we find in the Death Care industry. We will learn of most of these companies as they follow Funeral Director Daily from around the world on Twitter,…
Read MoreCressy Memorial is now accepting photos of your funeral home’s Hospitality Area. They are asking you to submit photos by March 31, 2018, when they will select a winning entry. The winning entry will receive a 46″ Howard Miller gallery clock. Click here for more information and a flyer on the contest. [wpforms id=”436″ title=”true”…
Read MoreAs you know I live in Greater Minnesota (that area that is not in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metroplex) in an area where fishing and duck hunting is very popular. Just the other day I was introduced to a product in the funeral industry that maybe has some potential in my area. That product is Gloryboat…
Read MoreIn a major metropolitan city I’m guessing that funeral directors don’t get called to accident scenes very often to clear the scene. By “clearing the scene” I mean removing deceased victims from the scene so that eventually the roadway or other location can get back to normal. In major cities they have “coroner” personal to…
Read MoreI came across an article the other day in the Traverse City Record-Eagle with the headline “A New Life Story: Funeral home to move into bigger Location”. The story and accompanying picture caught my eye because the photo showed a construction sign that said, “Life Story Funeral Home – Traverse City.” What really caught my…
Read MoreThe other day I told you that I had become privy to a report done on the state of the American Casket industry. We gave out some insights on the industry and both its past decline and its probable future decline in units sold and dollar amounts sold. One of the things that I found…
Read MoreI’ve been able to receive a private report from November 2017 on the State of the American Casket Market. It is an extensive report that goes into who are the players in the industry, what is the market like, who has what percentage of market share, what is the profitability of the industry, and attempts…
Read MoreIn the world of the Millennials we should have expected this to come sooner or later. On October 18, 2017, a video game where you play as a mortician was introduced to the general public. Developed by Laundry Bear Games, the game is A Mortician’s Tale and you can read all about it and even see…
Read MoreFuneral directors and the funeral industry have never came across real good in Hollywood. The last funeral home related movie that I saw was “Bernie” based on the Cathage, Texas, funeral director Bernie Tiede – portrayed by Jack Black – who was convicted and sentenced for murdering a wealthy widow with whom he had an…
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