funeral business
Many of you know that I live in west central Minnesota in a small community virtually equidistant between Minneapolis and Fargo, North Dakota. Our area, over the years has had some powerful and destructive tornadoes, but they are quick and generally affect only a small destructive path. If you happen to be in that 2-5…
Read MoreIn this press release issued by Victoriaville & Co. of Edmunston, New Brunswick, Canada, last week you can read about their acquisition of Alliance St-Laurent Casket, previously a subsidiary of Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions. According to a quote from Steve Gackenbach, Group President of Matthews Memorialization, “This divestiture represents a manufacturing consolidation as part of…
Read MoreThe headline for this article might seem bizarre, but that is exactly what the amusement park chain, Six Flags, is asking people to do next week. The annual Six Flags 30-Hour Coffin Challenge is to take place at various parks starting this coming Sunday and Monday. You can read about it in this article from…
Read MorePark Lawn Corporation Recognized – In a notice coming out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Park Lawn Corporation was recognized by the Toronto Stock Exchange as a member of its inaugural TSX30. The TSX30 is a new program designed to celebrate the 30 top-performing stocks over the last three years, based on dividend-adjusted share price appreciation.…
Read MoreThe other day Funeral Director Daily published an article on the transformation of Hillenbrand Industries. We explained that while the trajectory has not been perfect and steady – as a matter of fact it has sometimes been downright rocky – they have now transformed their business and business model so that their founding business, caskets,…
Read MoreStoneMor Partners, L.P. issued a press release the other day expressing some of the movements they are making as they execute their self-termed “turnaround” of the company. As you may know, StoneMor Partners operates 321 cemeteries and 90 funeral homes and has incurred several consecutive quarters of losses in their operation. You can read their…
Read MoreEvery once in a while we like to just bring our readers news from around the world of Death Care. And, today, our news around the world of death care is truly from around the world. The following articles bring news from three continents — from North America we bring you news of funeral home…
Read MoreWe gave you an article this morning that dealt with the State of Oregon. The following article is a terrific business article that comes from their neighbor state to the north, Washington. Here is a really interesting article that brings up many of the challenges of full-service funeral homes and what they face, especially those…
Read MoreNext week the United States Federal Reserve Board will meet in one of their eight yearly meetings. This group of monetary experts meets to discuss our country’s monetary policy and set the interest rate that the government charges banks for government funds. Virtually all other rates in the world are then set based on what…
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