April 6, 2009 Ohana Teams Up with Sears to Launch Online Rebates for Energy Star Appliances Where Everybody Wins
Continuing to revolutionize promotional marketing and transform the rebate experiences for retailers, manufacturers and consumers, Ohana Companies has been selected by Sears, the leading retailer of Energy Star qualified appliances, to design and implement an online rebate program to help educate and support energy efficient appliance shoppers about the millions of dollars in rebates that are available, and to make getting those rebates easier
October 1, 2008 New England’s Shaw’s Supermarkets Renews Agreement
“Shaw’s shares our vision for bringing better practices to the rebate and reward industry that benefit consumers, manufacturers and retailers.”
July 4, 2008 ‘Money Matter’ with Chris Quinlan
The group talks with Chris Quinlan, CEO of the Ohana Companies about rebate and reward programs.
May 10, 2008 Pay before News Story
Consumers are frustrated with the traditional model of product rebates. But handled correctly the rebate process can benefit everyone involved.
April 22, 2008 Ohana Goes Green
Ohana now offers their clients the “Go Green Sweepstakes,” enabling shoppers to submit their rebates online for a chance to win hybrid cars and other eco-friendly prizes.
January 9, 2008 Ohana Devises Better Online Rebates
Back when Chris Quinlan started his company, he believed he had a revolutionary idea. Now, he feels that the revolution is really beginning.
October 19, 2007 Ohana Teams with Visa to Transform Rebates
Ohana Companies today announced an agreement with Visa, a key building block in Ohana’s effort to move the inefficient and costly mail-in rebate and fulfillment process to a new business model where “Everybody Wins.”
September 14, 2007 Rebate Industry Expert Chris Quinlan
Frustrated with the broken rebate and reward model, Quinlan launched Ohana Companies earlier this week. The company’s motto is “Everybody Wins.”
September 14, 2007 -- Chris Quinlan, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ohana Companies, will be one of three leading rebate industry experts hosting a workshop on “Mitigating Risks on Rebate & Prepaid Card Programs,” on Monday, September 17th from 1 to 4 at the PROMO Live Conference on Navy Pier in Chicago.
Frustrated with the broken rebate and reward model, Quinlan launched Ohana Companies earlier this week. The company’s motto is “Everybody Wins.” Ohana Companies (http://www.everybodywins.com) utilizes revolutionary, patented technology and processes that change the way consumers, retailers and manufacturers participate in rebates, loyalty programs and promotional marketing. Ohana has virtually eliminated the inefficient and costly mail-in rebate and fulfillment process by offering the first, 100-percent online solution to redeem, validate and fulfill rebates via the web.
PROMO Live is a three-day promotion marketing conference for brand and agency marketers. Relevant industry presenters provide original content in collaboration with the expert editors of PROMO Magazine, the presenting publication. Quinlan is one of two presenters at the three-hour workshop. The workshop leader is Hal Stinchfield, CEO and founder of Promotional Marketing Insights, while Quinlan’s fellow presenter is Michael Chittaro, Senior Director Prepaid Products for Visa USA.
The first to create an online rebate fulfillment platform, Quinlan continues to drive innovation in the rebate industry. His career has been dedicated to bringing better technology and better practices to the retail industry benefiting consumers, manufacturers and retailers. Quinlan founded Ohana Companies based on over three decades of experience offering solutions to not only improve, but virtually invert the rebate industry. Quinlan and his Ohana colleagues believe that customer service and innovation have never been a priority in the rebate business, and that Ohana will be the catalyst for change in industry standards.
A noted expert on rebates, Quinlan was invited to present “The Future of Rebates” at a Federal Trade Commission workshop in San Francisco this past April, and has been widely quoted in major media outlets as well as in the Wikipedia entry on “Rebates.” He holds a patent for the aggregation of multiple rebates on one check, and has several related patents pending.
Ohana Companies has virtually eliminated the inefficient and costly mail-in rebate and fulfillment process by offering the first 100-percent online solution to redeem, validate and fulfill rebates electronically. The company’s team of innovative executives, with considerable retail, marketing, financial services and technology industry expertise, have come together to transform the broken rebate model that’s been frustrating consumers, retailers and manufacturers for decades. Ohana utilizes revolutionary, patented and patent-pending technology and processes, changing the way consumers, retailers and manufacturers participate in rebates and promotional marketing, ensuring that “Everybody Wins.”
April 29, 2010 
