Industry Experts

"Steve Wallach, through AL International, Inc., has developed a unique and powerful strategy in the direct selling/network/social marketing industry! Steve Wallach has built a business model for combining organic growth within its distributor community and growth through merger and acquisition with companies having compatible products/services and company cultures, domestically and internationally, with particular emphasis in Europe and Southeast Asia." 

"AL International is using the communication channels of word-of-mouth (WOM) communication, networking and social marketing to achieve dramatic growth combining consumer products/benefits/satisfactions across international markets, geographic space and multi-cultures."

"AL International acquisitions maintain their own branding, products, management and operating structures. Each AL International company is encouraged to cross-sell its products and services to the over 600,000 customers in the other AL International ‘sister companies’...dramatically broadening their customer bases!

"The AL International corporate staff provide the sophisticated managerial support, financial stability of a $50 million dollar global company, marketing strategy and communications, tailored distributor training, regional logistics and customer service, and information technology to support AL International companies when needed."

~Professor Charles W. King
University of Illinois at Chicago
Independent network marketing industry
researcher, educator and consultant

"We believe this merger is a brilliant move and that the way to generate impressive sales growth for coffee is to penetrate multiple sales channels. By teaming with Youngevity, JavaFit coffee gains a much larger presence in a powerful channel, direct sales. I know firsthand the power of this channel. It's common sense that the more people selling your product, the more your sales will grow. Coffee is the second most popular beverage in the world, behind water -- almost everybody wants it and JavaFit coffee has a unique twist. Coffee doesn't conflict with any other direct sales product, so anyone should want to participate. Combine all that with an established and growing direct sales force and you have something really potent. This remarkable team has an exciting vision and this merger is a major step toward achieving it."

~John Rochon
Chairman of Richmont Holdings
Member, AL International Board of Directors

"I know personally that Steve and Dr. Wallach have been looking for a publicly traded partner where they could take the best of direct selling in with the best of a publicly traded company, and this fit [between Youngevity and Javalution Coffee Company] is unbelievable. Youngevity has 30,000 plus distributors in 65 countries and climbing. Javalution is an American-based company merging with Youngevity to go international. That's powerful stuff. [Javalution understands] that it's the direct selling arm that will increase shareholder value. This is what collaboration’s all about. The Wallachs have drawn a line in the sand and have said ‘Distributors are King. Distributors come first."

~Troy Dooly
Author, MLMHelpDesk.com
Internationally-recognized expert on
personal branding, leadership development,
 marketing strategies, and organizational expansion

"The proper execution of this vertically integrated business platform will exponentially maximize shareholder value.  Combining the strength, and reach of a Direct Sales company with the wide reaching distribution opportunities within a Coffee Roasting and Distribution company is a powerful, recession proof business strategy.  The company is positioned in two very strong business sectors that separately are enjoying strong stock valuations.  The benefits realized through the vertical integration of these two businesses, will provide healthier margins, built in direct to consumer sales growth, and subsequently an interesting and very unique value proposition and opportunity for shareholders."

~Joseph Safina
Former CEO of Nichols, Safina and Lerner Investment Banking Company