funeral business
Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), sometimes referred to as “human composting” may not be my ideal choice of body disposition. But, that thought does not make me any less of a fan and admirer of Recompose founder Katrina Spade. Spade, in only a few short years has moved NOR from idea to proven…
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If you ever met funeral director Danny Jefferson then it’s pretty simple knowledge that you have one more friend. Danny Jefferson, who contributes to these pages every so often with his “Two Guys and a Question” podcast with partner Alan Creedy, is the consummate Southern gentleman and consummate funeral director. Danny probably…
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Today we are fortunate to have Jake Johnson, CEO of Johnson Consulting Group contribute an article that he has titled, “What we can expect to see in funeral business for the rest of 2023″. As can be expected from an article with that type of title, you will probably come to some conclusions…
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It’s been an interesting first quarter if you are invested in the stock market. We’ve seen interest rates continue to rise and we’ve seen popular opinion on what that might do to technology companies vary. In addition, we’ve seen technology companies reduce their workforce even as some of their stock prices have increased.…
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The other day as I was reading some information on the current stock market I saw this quote, “Narrowing leadership is rarely a good thing for market health”. The quote pertained to the current tech company stock market and pointed out that leadership, as referenced by value gains, in that segment had narrowed…
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This article from Business News Australia, that came out on Monday, March 27, indicates that Australia’s largest provider of death care services, InvoCare has rejected a non-solicited offer of $Aus 1.8 billion (United States $1.2 billion) from American private equity player TPG Global made earlier this month. According to the article, TPG…
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Not so many years ago the role of the funeral director or mortician in a community was to prepare the deceased for burial and coordinate all services between the family that was requesting services and the church body that was delivering those services. . . .which most of the time consisted of a…
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Last week I had not even finished putting up Friday’s article which dealt with an acquisition when I was notified of another public company acquisition. This time the announcement came from Carriage Services and announced its acquisition of a group of three funeral homes, two cemeteries, and a cremation center based in the…
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Have you noticed in the March Madness basketball games how every male coach is wearing a logo quarter-zip pullover, casual trousers, and athletic style shoes? The days of college basketball coaches wearing a suit and tie seem to be over. . . . no longer will we get to see an irate coach…
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Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) whose website now states, “is the fastest growing company in the industry in North America”, announced last week that they have moved into the states of Iowa and Nebraska with the acquisition of Meyer Brothers Funeral Homes. Meyer Brothers Funeral Homes has, among their five locations, locations in…
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