Death Care’s $2.6B Industry That Grows 6.6% Annually
The IBIS World Report 2017 released this spring echoed the reports of other industry studies showing growth across the cremation industry. Enjoy some of the most compelling data...
Cremation
NFDA Cremation and Burial Report Shows Rate of Cremation at All-time High
Brookfield, Wis. (July 18, 2017) – The rate of cremation in the United States is at an all-time high and surpassed the rate of burial for the second...
Chicago Archdiocese Opens First Cremation Garden in a Cemetery
Originally Published on Chicago Tribune Amid the sound of cascading water, Claire Thom and her sister Lori Van Buren ambled through a maze of orange day lilies, bronze...
National Mortuary Shipping and Cremation Launches “NMS Mobile App”
National Mortuary Shipping and Cremation, the nation's most trusted source to handle out-of-town deaths for funeral directors, announced the launch of its new "NMS Mobile" app. The app...
The U.S. Cremation Rate Exceeds 50%. Now What?
CANA’s member-exclusive Annual Statistics Report Preview, just published in May, shows that 2016 was the year the U.S. cremation rate exceeded 50%. The profession has been anticipating this...
VW Commercial Takes Ash Scattering to the Masses
Cremation isn't going anywhere. 2016 marked the first time the cremation rate surpassed that of burial. What we have also noticed is cremation isn't always about price, baby boomers...
The NURN Offers a Beautiful Departure Ritual for Coastal Dying
As cultures around the world depart from long-standing death rituals in favor of specialized solutions, we are seeing a shift in the outlook of memorialization. There has been...