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On October 30, 2023, Batesville issued a press release introducing the “Generations by Batesville” — “a new line of sustainable caskets designed to address the increasing demand for more enviornmentally-friendly products“. You can see the press release here. Of the new line of caskets, Jenn Parvin, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer for…
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There is nothing more American than starting a business small and then growing that business to be much bigger. It’s the way that immigrant families grew their businesses in America starting from before this land was America. Our family’s a perfect example. For some reason my great-grandfather, his wife, and one-year old…
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After a short theatre opening the movie “The Burial” has been available for on-demand viewing on Amazon Prime since October 13. Based somewhat on the 1990’s legal case between defunct Canadian funeral home acquisition company the Loewen Group and a group of death care properties owned by funeral director Jeremiah O’Keefe in Mississippi the…
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A recent article in Smart Business Pittsburgh magazine featured the Death Care conglomerate Matthews International. Matthews is known in Death Care from Matthews Memorialization which includes the ability to supply to funeral homes and cemeteries products such as caskets, cremation equipment, and cemetery markers among a host of products. The article, which you can…
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Titan Casket isn’t your normal funeral supply company. They are a little edgy and they take their case directly to the consumer, although they have a program for funeral homes to partner with them, too. They aren’t afraid of stepping on a few historical funeral toes. In one way, however, they are not…
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I recently ran across this article from Changing America that is titled, “What’s the fastest food drive-thru? It isn’t Chick-fil-A”. It’s a very interesting article that may be able to give us some sense to how we should view our customers in the death care realm. It’s interesting to note that in…
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As I look for material to bring before the readers of Funeral Director Daily I continue to be amazed at, what I consider, the number of new “Death Care” operators that are hanging out a shingle and opening for business. And, unlike the 1940’s when there was a large expansion of men opening…
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Morgan Stanley equity analyst Simeon Gutman recently made this comment in this white paper from Morgan Stanley, “Americans are increasingly attached to their pets, which is clearly shown in survey results, and thus pet spending is a priority. Consumers are less willing to cut pet spending even when real personal disposable income declines.” …
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Inflation has set in. . . I recently had to install a new air conditioning condenser to our existing HVAC combination unit. An air conditioning condensor, like a funeral or cremation expense, is something you don’t buy everyday. . . . in fact, maybe less than once a decade. And, when I called…
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English poet Oscar Wilde is thought by some as first using the phrase that “Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery”. In today’s world of economics and commerce one might also believe that “Somebody starting a business similar to what you have started” would also be a very well-known form of flattery…
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