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Tanja Kern

Tanja Kern

Tanja Kern is the associate publisher and editorial director of FLOOR Trends & Installation. She is also the host of the FLOORtalk podcast, where she explores the changes and challenges facing the flooring community's thought leaders and creatives. Tanja has been writing about business, design, and lifestyle for two decades, and her work has appeared in publications such as American Way, Better Homes & Gardens, Fine Interiors, Fodor's, Food Channel, CA Modern, Chicago, Fine Interiors, and Los Angeles.

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Why The Old Model of Distribution is Dead

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Tanja Kern
December 21, 2022
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Matthew Saltzman, CEO of Louisville Tile, has big plans for the future of distribution. Learn how his 30 years of experience of working in the capital markets—and a keen focus on leadership development—is helping the Louisville Tile team disrupt the distribution business and prepare it for exponential growth.


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Industry Q&A

Mannington Commercial President Richard French on 2023 Business and the Future of Commercial Flooring

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Tanja Kern
December 16, 2022
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French shares his outlook for workplace and reveals what's in store for Mannington Commercial in 2023. 


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Edge Summit: How Mohawk Is Building Its Digital Playbook

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Tanja Kern
December 13, 2022
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Over the last year, Mohawk has focused on listening to gain a better understanding of what independent flooring retailers and consumers need to build a solid framework to sell more flooring. 


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2023: A Big Year for Area Rugs

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Tanja Kern
December 1, 2022
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Major manufacturers and investment groups continue to put more money on rugs aimed to cover all that hard surface being sold.


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Why Product Circularity Matters

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November 17, 2022
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Malisa Maynard, vice president of sustainability, Mohawk Industries, offers insights into the importance of product circularity and where innovation is headed to better our environmental future. 


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Starnet Empowers Members to Scale Their Businesses

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Tanja Kern
November 3, 2022
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Starnet members met in Austin, Texas, for their fall meeting to meet new vendors, investigate new technologies and explore market opportunities to scale their businesses. 



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Floor Trends and FCI Honor Top Projects

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Tanja Kern
November 3, 2022
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This month we’re highlighting some creative, touching and jaw-dropping projects across Floor Trends and Floor Covering Installer.


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MILEstone Hosts First Sustainability Summit

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October 21, 2022
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More than 60 architecture and design representatives from distributors across the country were hosted for two days of thought leadership, which included sustainability education, networking and plant tours. 


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The Future of Next: CCA Global Looks to the Future of Retail

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October 17, 2022
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At the CCA Global Retail Group summer convention, executives gave members insight into “The Future of Next”—the cooperative's Retail 2.0 strategies that reflect the seismic shift that has redefined retail over the last couple years, accelerated by 2020’s unprecedented global pandemic.


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Future of Flooring

What’s Next for Dixie

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October 12, 2022
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Dixie Vice President T.M. Nuckols shares insight on the company’s continued focus on residential retail and the upper end of the residential market.


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