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To view, you can download it FREE from Adobe. Funeral home faces probe "FTC rules state that funeral homes cannot refuse to do business with people who bring their own caskets or other burial items." October 25, 2001 20/20 (click here for article)Adding Expense to Grief "Individual retailers often sell caskets considerably cheaper than funeral directors." June 16, 2001 Independent Sellers of Caskets "'People want more of a choice,' says Mark Ginsberg, director of operations for Casket Royale, Inc, Hampton Falls, N.H., an independent casketmaker." May 14, 2001 The Director (click here for PDF) Mississippi Federal Court Strikes Down Casket Law "Another Federal District Court struck down a state licensing regulation that would have prevented the sale of caskets by anyone that is not licensed to practice funeral service or funeral directing." February, 2001 The Web @ Work - Casket Royale "Casket Royale, a family-run wholesale and retail coffin distributor, has become one of the biggest players among the fragmented gorup of independent casket retailers...in part by undercutting established funeral homes' prices as much as 50%" 2001 Portland Press Herald (click here for PDF) Convenient Caskets (article continued here...) "[Ginsberg] says he empowers his customers by providing them with and affordable option they might not have known about." August 1, 2000 Foster's Sunday Citizen - Money Plus (click here for PDF) InSITE - Casket Royale (article continued here...) "Another family could not select a precise model from Internet pictures, so Ginsberg trucked two units to Massachusetts, and let the family pick." July 2, 2000 The Gazette (click here for PDF) Caskets/The Tradition still stands "Sometimes, retail stores can offer better deals because they don't have the overhead funeral homes do, said David Walkinshaw, spokesman for the National Funeral Directors Association." September 12, 1999 [ back to top ] In the News |