cremation
The history of funeral directing and funeral home ownership in the United States has been one of passing the torch to the next generation of the family to carry on. My family was no different. . . .we carried our cabinet shop, furniture store, funeral home from the 19th Century into the 21st Century. That…
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Service Corporation International (SCI) sometimes takes shots from others in the industry simply because of their size. Being the largest in any business category simply makes you an easy target. Being the largest also means you need great leadership to get on top and eventually stay there. SCI reported record revenues and earnings in the…
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Service Corporation International (SCI) 3rd Quarter 2020 revenue jumped almost 20% (19.37% actual) over the same period from 2019. In a statement issued yesterday, October 28, here is what SCI’s President and CEO Tom Ryan said of the results: ” . . . the impact of COVID-19 has increased the number of funeral services performed…
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We are in the season of elections and when I was younger there was an old adage of Presidential elections that went like this, “As Maine goes, so goes the nation.” I recently read this article in the Los Angeles Business Journal entitled, “Business Slows for LA Funeral Homes”, and wondered if as the funeral…
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My first real recollection of a funeral was when my father’s mother, my grandmother, died when I was five years old. And, interestingly enough, even with my family in the funeral profession, what I remember about the “funeral” was not being allowed to go. I can actually remember being held at home with a babysitter,…
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If you want to stay ahead of the curve in whatever you are doing I would suggest to play the “What if” game every once in a while just to see where you are standing. The “What if” game can be played in all lines of business and is, in my opinion, a great exercise…
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If you watched the stock market last week you would see that it bounced around a little bit. That happens all the time dependent on world events and the business environment, but also four times per year we get in a period where public companies report the business results for the past three month period. …
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A little over a year ago Funeral Director Daily brought you this article introducing Better Place Forests to our readers. At that time we said of the idea, “Think of it. . . increased cremation and now a place – like cemeteries of old – where today’s consumer will feel comfortable placing the remains of…
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We’ve now moved into the 4th quarter of 2020 and with that timing we have had 6 full months of the COVID world results in death care. We know from listening to the news, looking at public death care company reports, and anecdotal reports from our colleagues that while funeral homes have been learning to…
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In today’s Afternoon Edition we will provide you with some articles that came out over the weekend. There is probably something for everybody’s interest in these articles as we always find that it is interesting to catch up with what is going on in other parts of the United States or in other parts of…
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