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 5, 2008 -- Ohana, the pioneering company that is transforming the rebate industry with their new business model where “Everybody Wins,” has named William Lamb as the company’s new Senior Vice President for Business Development and Strategic Relationship Management.
“Bill Lamb’s considerable sales and marketing expertise in financial services and other industries make him the perfect person to head up Ohana’s sales, customer relationships and business development as we continue to grow,” said Chris Quinlan, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ohana Companies. “His talent and skill in finance and in business leadership further enhance our senior management team as we continue to transform the broken model of reward, rebate and redemption that has frustrated consumers, retailers and manufacturers for decades, and bring our new model where ‘Everybody Wins’ to the marketplace.”
Joining the Ohana team effective immediately, Lamb was most recently a founding shareholder with the Philadelphia Trust Company (Philadelphia, PA), a fully chartered and insured depository trust company which functions as an asset manager and a private bank. He joined Philadelphia Trust as Vice President of sales & marketing in 2005 to develop distribution strategies for the firm.
“I am excited to join Ohana, which is well positioned to revolutionize how consumers, manufacturers and retailers each experience rebates and rewards,” said Lamb, who had previously spent eight years in the commercial property and casualty insurance industry developing distribution strategies. “Ohana’s senior management team and core professionals bring a great variety of retail, marketing, financial services and technologies experiences to the company, all of which provides significant impact and knowledge for our clients.”
Lamb spent 14 years as a commercial distributor of office supplies, equipment and furniture in his family-owned business, Lamb Brothers, and later with Staples. Active in the community, Lamb serves on several for profit and non-profit boards as well as the serving as the volunteer head coach of St. Joseph’s Prep rowing team in Philadelphia.
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.”