funeral business

News you can use for the weekend

By Funeral Director Daily / July 10, 2020 /

As we head into another great summer weekend, here is some industry news that you can use. Funeral Directors Life Named “Great Place to Work” Funeral Directors Life was recently named as one of the 2020 Best Workplaces in Texas by Great Place to Work and Fortune.  Funeral Directors Life was honored with the 26th…

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Does Death Care have a “Consumer Influencer”?

By Funeral Director Daily / July 7, 2020 /

I will start today’s column with this paragraph that was in my Saturday edition of Seeking Alpha, a daily newsletter I receive about current events and the financial markets. . and sometimes how the two are intertwined. “Cosmetics maker Coty (NYSE:COTY) agreed to buy a 20% stake in Kim Kardashian West’s make-up brand KKW for…

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NFDA cancels In-person Convention & Expo

By Funeral Director Daily / July 6, 2020 /

In a press release released last week, the National Funeral Director’s Association (NFDA) announced the following: “Out of concern for the well-being of funeral professionals, exhibitors and association staff, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) has canceled its in-person 2020 International Convention & Expo, scheduled for October 18 through 21 in New Orleans. NFDA will…

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Expansions, acquisitions, new ownership. . . all part of what makes American small business what it is

By Funeral Director Daily / July 6, 2020 /

We spend an inordinate amount of time telling our readers of what is happening in the large public companies that make up that constellation in the death care universe.  Don’t get me wrong, that information is good to have, easy to obtain as it is public by law, and much can be learned by seeing…

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Matthews announces investment sale

By Funeral Director Daily / July 2, 2020 /

On Tuesday global death care company Matthews International announced a sale, that was effective on June 26, of a non-controlling ownership interest in a pet cremation services business.  According to this release from Matthews, the company sold its interest for a total of $57.2 million. That $57.2 million was to be paid to Matthews International…

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America’s cemetery problems

By Funeral Director Daily / July 1, 2020 /

Summer is, historically, a time that relatives visit the graves of long deceased members of the family.  Generally, between Memorial Day and Labor Day many families pack up for an afternoon and take a short trip to visit and do some upkeep on the family graves.  Others visit when they get back to their hometowns…

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Pennsylvania church apparently moves graves without permission

By Funeral Director Daily / June 26, 2020 /

I came across this article from the Echo Pilot of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the other day.  To me, it is a somewhat disturbing article on a church cemetery, or what I’ll call an annex, with apparently only two burials in the annex.  The church also owns a main cemetery and apparently were moving two vaults from…

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News funeral professionals can use from our profession

By Funeral Director Daily / June 25, 2020 /

In today’s Funeral Director Daily “Afternoon Extra” we have information on a new product called “Reflect by OneDay” which is designed for the funeral industry.  The product collects digital memories from friends and family of a loved one’s life and and then bands them together into a crowdsourced video reflection of that person’s life. We…

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News from the world of Death Care 6.24.2020

By Funeral Director Daily / June 24, 2020 /

We’ve got several interesting articles from around the world of death care for you today.  We’ve included articles on the upkeep of cemeteries – or as the articles pertain to – the lack of upkeep at certain cemeteries.  We’ve also included an article on how the funeral profession is coming under new standards in Singapore…

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Green, Dodds to lead Park Lawn into the future

By Funeral Director Daily / June 24, 2020 /

In a press release from the company that you can read here, Park Lawn Corporation announced Monday that Interim CEO J. Bradley Green would have the interim tag removed and has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto based death care company.  In the same announcement, Park Lawn’s Board of Directors announced that Jay…

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