A shift to event planning...
Every minute more than 100 people die, economist.com reports.
Most of these deaths bring not just grief to some, but also profit to others, the news service wrote.
America's 2.7m-odd deaths a year underpin an industry worth $16bn in 2017, encompassing over 19,000 funeral homes and over 120,000 employees.
But in some of the world a profound shift is under way in what people want from funerals, the service noted.
In North America, the modern undertaker's job is increasingly one of event-planning, economist wrote.
For more on changes like tiki huts, margaritas and pizza: https://www.economist.com/news/international/21740399-bereaved-better-informed-no-longer-always-do-what-they-are-told-or-pay-whatever-they?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/whyundertakersareworriedmakingthereapercheaper
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Every minute more than 100 people die, economist.com reports.
Most of these deaths bring not just grief to some, but also profit to others, the news service wrote.
America's 2.7m-odd deaths a year underpin an industry worth $16bn in 2017, encompassing over 19,000 funeral homes and over 120,000 employees.
But in some of the world a profound shift is under way in what people want from funerals, the service noted.
In North America, the modern undertaker's job is increasingly one of event-planning, economist wrote.
For more on changes like tiki huts, margaritas and pizza: https://www.economist.com/news/international/21740399-bereaved-better-informed-no-longer-always-do-what-they-are-told-or-pay-whatever-they?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/whyundertakersareworriedmakingthereapercheaper
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