The Zacks Funeral Services industry players have been generating increased revenues as demand for their products and services rose on pandemic-induced high mortality. While these trends are moderating ...
With the cost of everything on the rise as inflation pummels the U.S., the funeral industry, like all others, is encountering higher costs. But data indicates the industry is trying to absorb some of ...
It’s hard to look at Robert Waltrip, the 89-year-old founder and chairman emeritus of death-care giant Service Corp International and not see a striking resemblance to Henry Waternoose, the CEO of the ...
I'm a first-generation funeral director. The industry is facing a labor shortage and young women are its future. Allyse Worland is a first-generation funeral director licensed in Indiana and Kentucky.
The funeral industry is full of amazing client servants, consistently undermined by a minority of bad actors who dominate public perception (“How the Funeral Industry and FTC Hide Bad Actors,” Page ...
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. AUSTIN, Texas – Funeral homes around the country are preparing for the rise in deaths attributed to the ...
More than 500,000 people have died from COVID-19 nationwide. Economically, this has boosted the funeral industry, but it has also put heavy demands on funeral workers. In the early days of the ...
It’s enough to make your skin crawl: bodies left to mummify, graves dug up to be re-used, loved ones stuck in storage units to decompose. But these are true stories and they all raise the question: is ...
“In this world nothing can said to be certain, except death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin If you have not visited the Costco website recently, you might not have noticed a new category they added: ...
When Service Corp. International bought the Blake-Lamb Funeral Home on North Dearborn Street, it was a thriving business with a lively trade. It still is, albeit in temporary offices across the street ...
One of the inescapable little annoyances of human existence is death. But until science gets its act together to put an end to the practice, there will be companies that make money providing services ...