Did Batesville Purchase A Burial Vault Company?
Last week the news came out that Goria Corporation (maker of the patented Eonian? and Endurance? burial vaults) had closed it burial vault business. The following was posted...
Funeral Director On List of 50 best careers of 2010
As one of the 50 best careers of 2010, this should have strong growth over the next decade. The Rundown: Few careers may be as little understood as...
Out with the Aughts: ‘D’ is For Death = Investment Opportunity?
The following article is by: Ian McGugan. Ian is a freelance business journalist who writes for the Financial Post. In this article Ian talks about the funeral industry...
Minnesota Leads Midwest in a Hot Trend: Cremation
Just as there are blue states and red states, there are burn states and bury states. Minnesota is feeling the burn. About 45 percent of the people who...
CDTV Episode #5 – Reaction to Seeing Walmart Casket, Handling Third Party Caskets
CDTV is the world's most fun funeral industry webshow, focused on industry trends, information, and products and how they make funeral homes more profitable. Take a look inside...
Funeral Worker Accused of Body-Snatching
FORREST CITY, AR - A worker at a Mid-South funeral home is accused of soliciting families for their loved one's bodies - a case of body snatching now...
SCI Selling Funeral Homes?
The Texas-headquartered corporation that bought Vicksburg?s Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home in 2007 has sold it to a Mississippi-based company whose manager controls several other funeral homes around...
Caskets: Everything the Mortician Won’t Tell You, Really?
I understand why there is a consumer funeral alliance and a need for one but, I think sometimes they can make something out of nothing. No, the cheapest...
ICCFA 2010 CONVENTION & EXPOSITION: HELPING COMPANIES DETERMINE THEIR ?NEXT STEP?
The most successful companies constantly ask themselves, ?Where do we go next?? Never has that question been more relevant for cemeteries, crematories and funeral homes. The International Cemetery,...
Funeral Director Reacts to Handling First Walmart Casket, You Might Be Surprised
Last week I posted an article that contained the dialogue I had with a representative from the Walmart media relations? team (Is Walmart Selling Any Caskets? I Called...