Herb Hays Furniture and Mattress was recently selected for a Synchrony Pillars Project grant to help digitally transform the business.
According to information from Hays Furniture the Synchrony small business grant program has honored entrepreneurial retail owners and health and wellness providers since 2016 who have risen above in times of change. As a Pillars Project grant recipient, Herb Hays furniture & Mattress received $10,000 and consulting services for digitally transforming their business.
Herb Hays Furniture & Mattress was one of 21 winners for the 2022 grants, selected from a highly competitive pool of more than 500 applicants across the United States who applied for a grant. Like most small businesses today, Herb Hays Furniture & Mattress faces multi-layered challenges, including supply chain chaos, inflation, talent wars, and continued impacts from the pandemic. That is why Synchrony expanded its Pillars Project to focus on digital transformation this year, which became an imperative for business to survive over the past few years. A recent survey found that small businesses ahead in digital transformation saw eight times the revenue growth of small businesses in the earliest stages of their digital efforts.
Herb Hays Furniture and Mattress owner Lee Ann Naghtin says “It’s an honor to accept the Synchrony Pillars Project grant on behalf of our dedicated and hard-working team,”. She adds they plan to use the grant to enable computer access to their warehouses as well as implement a barcoding system for inventory.
The Pillars Project Grant was open to both current and prospective partners of Synchrony and CareCredit, a Synchrony Solution, with 30 or fewer employees. This year’s application focused on both the vision and transformation of the business – how the business adopted digital tools and processes to adapt to changing needs, how the business adopted digital tools and processes to adapt to changing needs.
The small business winners represent a wide range of industries, including retail (e.g., automotive, bicycle, furniture, flooring, HVAC, jewelry, powersports, and sewing) and health and wellness (e.g., audiology, chiropractic, dentistry, massage therapy, and physicians).
By the end of 2022, Synchrony will have made similar Pillars Project grants to more than 80 small businesses and providers across the United States chosen from more than 4,500 applications, with nearly 100 of Synchrony’s top experts delivering pro bono services and grants valued at more than $850,000.
Herb Hays Furniture is a family-owned home furnishing center in Hopkinsville. Since 1961, Herb Hays Furniture has given shoppers fine name brands, the best selection and service, and better prices on home furnishings, mattresses, and decorator accessories One visit and you’ll agree that our knowledge on furniture, mattresses, and home accessories puts us high above the competition by giving you the best furniture shopping experience and continued service.
Herb Hays Furniture is an authorized dealer of your favorite brands like Ashley, England, La-Z-Boy, Serta, Best Home Furnishings, Catnapper, Parker House, Liberty, Hillsdale, Coaster, Jackson, Craftmaster Sauder, Steinworld, Riverside, Simmons, and others. You’ll find that Herb Hays Furniture can help you select your new mattress or home furnishings at any budget. Plus, if you don’t find the furniture you are looking for in our showrooms, Herb Hays Furniture has a large selection of special order options at our everyday low prices.
