cemetery business
Matthews International reported their 3rd Quarter 2021 sales recently and in doing so reported a record revenue for their 3rd Quarter (April-June) of $428.4 million, which is a 19.2% increase over the same period of 2020. As you may know, Matthews International has three business segments, one of which is their Memorialization segment. The Memorialization…
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As we move into August 2021, Funeral Director Daily wants to welcome Roosevelt Investments as our newest sponsor. Our sponsors help finance our technology, security, and delivery system which allows for readers to receive Funeral Director Daily at no charge. Roosevelt Investments is a full service New York City investment firm whose roots date back…
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Recently a new Casey’s Gas and Convenience store opened near me. Now, it is not the first Casey’s in our community, but it is very convenient to my home. So, I purchase gasoline, coffee, donuts, and made to order pizza there more often than any other store in town. I’m not a easy mark as…
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Earlier this week the largest funeral home and cemetery operator in North America, Service Corporation International (SCI), revealed their results for the 2nd Quarter of 2021. It was a much anticipated report as it would mark a comparison with the 2nd Quarter of 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic was flourishing and funeral homes and cemeteries…
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Over the history of successful products you will encounter many that the intended use for the product never developed into something big, but another use came into play, many times by accident, that worked out okay for the developers of the product. First, let’s take a quick look at some products that have became very…
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Editor’s Note: I apologize for the tardiness of this article today. This post was scheduled to go out as usual at 4 am Eastern Time, but for some reason, technology failed us. Enjoy some thoughts to think about as we move into the weekend. My first trip to Europe in 1991 reminds me that I’m…
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As we move into the seventh month of the calendar year, we felt that it was a good time for a check up on the Funeral Director Daily Death Care Index (DCI). The DCI is a composite dollar amount of owning one share of stock in each of the seven public companies in the United…
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Market forces eventually move ideas and products that become staples of our way of life. However, in almost all cases, private investment is needed to spur the product or service into general practice among the American public. Take the Tesla automobile, for instance. Founder Elon Musk didn’t just take the idea of an electric automobile,…
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Three University of Washington students recently won the $25,000 grand prize in a start-up competition hosted by the University of Washington’s Foster School Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. And, they did so with a pre-launch Death Care start-up they have named AfterLife Listings. Clara Kobashigawa, one of the three students was mentioned in this article from…
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Over the years that I have done the research for the articles that appear in Funeral Director Daily, among others, I have noticed two trends that are definitely growing in the death care world. One of those trends is that of Green or Natural burials. Virtually every day when I look for articles that will…
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