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Tanja Kern

Tanja Kern

Tanja Kern is associate publisher and editorial director of FLOOR Trends & Installation. She brings more than 20 years of experience covering the flooring, design, and construction industries through print and digital platforms.  


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Simply The Best Cabana Bay

Industry Q&A: Tim Baucom on Leadership

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Tanja Kern
June 13, 2019
Tim Baucom was recently named president of Shaw Industries. We connected with him to talk about his approach to leadership at the company.
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Royce Epstein

Mohawk Designer Royce Epstein on Forging a Path in the Flooring Industry

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Tanja Kern
June 10, 2019
Royce Epstein has traveled what she calls "a nonlinear path" to become the A&D design director for Mohawk Industries.
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Pam Rainey's kitchen remodel

Shaw's Pam Rainey on Seizing Opportunities in the Flooring Business

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Tanja Kern
May 17, 2019
Pam Rainey leads nearly 50 people on the product development teams for Shaw Floors and Anderson Tuftex, providing design vision for both hard and soft surface products.
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A Concierge Approach to Flooring Selection

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Tanja Kern
May 10, 2019
From flooring and backsplashes to plumbing fixtures and appliances, picking and choosing the components should be the fun part of buying a new home or remodeling an existing home, right? Not necessarily.
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Tanja Kern

Women Leaders in Flooring

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Tanja Kern
May 10, 2019
In this new feature series, we will have conversations with female leaders in flooring who are driving innovation, advocating for change, and inspiring new generations of woman leaders.
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Shaw-Baucom

Tim Baucom, President of Shaw Industries, on Leadership

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Tanja Kern
April 23, 2019
Tim Baucom was recently named as president of Shaw Industries. In this new role, Baucom is expanding his current responsibilities for the company’s residential flooring division to include Shaw’s commercial flooring and turf businesses, the company said.
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Tanja Kern

TalkFloor Podcast Now Available on iTunes

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Tanja Kern
April 18, 2019
We are putting a renewed focus on our TalkFloor Podcast, which has recently been relaunched on iTunes.
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COREtec Colorwall

Merchandising for Maximum Impact

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Tanja Kern
March 29, 2019
The latest in-store displays simplify the shopping experience and accelerate consumers' buying decisions.
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Shaw Flooring Network expo

Shaw Commits to Independent Retail

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Tanja Kern
March 8, 2019
The Shaw Flooring Network's dealer council is made up of 18 retailers across the United States and Canada.
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Tanja Kern

Where Can You Find Good Flooring Installers?

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Tanja Kern
March 8, 2019
At TISE 2019, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel on finding and maintaining qualified installers.
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