How to Open a Casket Store

Sample Inventory

A good safe recommended start-up inventory might include the following caskets.

Display Models
  • 32 oz copper/protective/brushed finish. Velvet interior.
  • Stainless steel/protective/brushed finish. Velvet interior
  • Solid oak/natural finish. Crepe interior
  • Solid poplar/mahogany hand rubbed finish. Crepe interior
  • Solid poplar/cherry hand rubbed finish. Pieta ornamentation. Velvet interior.
  • 18-gauge/protective/brushed bronze finish. Velvet interior.
  • 18-gauge/protective/brushed champagne finish. Velvet interior
  • 18-gauge/protective/brushed white finish/pieta & last supper ornamentation. Velvet interior.
  • 20-gauge/protective/white finish with pink accents/pearl rose ornamentation and head panel. Pink crepe interior.
  • 20-gauge/protective/pewter gray finish with silver accents. American flag head panel insert and matching hardware. Crepe interior.
  • 20-gauge/protective/navy blue finish with gold highlights. "Going Home" insert head panel with matching hardware. Crepe interior.
  • 20-gauge/protective/silver with onyx highlights/silver hardware. Crepe interior.
  • 20-gauge/protective/white with gold highlights/gold hardware. Crepe interior.
  • 20-gauge/non-protective/medium blue/silver hardware. Crepe interior
  • (Cremation) Poplar/eco-combustible construction/stationary bedding/wooden rails. Crepe interior.
Back-Up Inventory
  • 20-gauge/protective/champagne/gold hardware. Crepe interior
  • 20-gauge/protective/white with gold highlights/"Going Home" insert head panel and matching hardware. Crepe interior.
  • 20-gauge/protective/white finish with pink accents/pearl rose insert head panel and hardware. Crepe interior.
  • 20-gauge/protective/navy with gold highlights. Crepe interior.
  • 20-gauge/non-protective/white/silver hardware. Crepe interior.

The sampling can easily be adjusted to a minimum total of twelve units, or in a large urban area, well past the sample of twenty.

Your display inventory investment should run in the $8,000.00 - $10,000.00 range, with back-up inventory costing $1,800.00 to $2,400.00. Figure on a total initial inventory cost of $8,000.00 - $12,000.00.

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