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The Business of Funerals
Trends

The Business of Funerals

Dying is a fact of life. But throughout our Western culture, death is still sort of a dark subject. How people celebrate and remember the lives of their loved ones is a fascinating subject to me, so I attended the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)...

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SEDANO’S TO LAUNCH  “ROBOTIC SUPERMARKET”
News

SEDANO’S TO LAUNCH “ROBOTIC SUPERMARKET”

Sedano’s Supermarkets, based in Hialeah, Fla., and e-grocery automation startup Takeoff Technologies, Waltham, Mass., have partnered on what they call the “first robotic supermarket.” Takeoff will launch an automated fulfillment center that will serve 14 Sedano’s...

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State of the Industry
Columnist

State of the Industry

When we sit in the audience watching a Broadway-scale production, we tend to view it in the present, just what we see on the stage, without thinking of all the moving parts necessary for it to come together. There’s the set that had to be built, the props acquired and...

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It’s a New Year!
Perspective

It’s a New Year!

Whether you look at all of this through rose-colored glasses or with a pessimistic sideways glance, change always brings opportunities. Markets shift, ideas change, and through it all, we continue on. As Albert Einstein once quipped, “It’s best to learn from the past...

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