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Southeast Asia is Not 1 Consumer Market. Here's Why.
28 mins·12:00, 5 Dec 2025
Southeast Asia is Not 1 Consumer Market. Here's Why.
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12:00, 5 Dec 2025
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Guest: Sundip Chahal (CEO), Milieu Insight
For years, many companies have treated Southeast Asia as a single, monolithic consumer market. But new research from Milieu Insight reveals a more complex reality: the region is actually split into three distinct "consumer economies," each with its own unique mindset, pressures, and motivations.
CEO Sundip Chahal joins us to unpack the findings of their latest consumer outlook report. He explains the "stressed digital" behavior in markets like Indonesia and Vietnam, the disciplined "strategic comfort" of Singapore and Malaysia, and how a simple question about spending $100 can reveal the financial pulse of an entire nation.
We discuss:
Why Southeast Asia is fragmented into three distinct consumer economies.
The "Stressed Digital" segment: why inflation isn't stopping spending in Indonesia and Vietnam.
The "Strategic Comfort" segment: how Malaysians balance optimism with disciplined value-hunting.
The "$100 Question": a simple pressure test that reveals consumer sentiment.
Why a uniform regional pricing or promotional strategy is destined to fail.
Presenter: Roshan Kanesan
Producer: Carol Wong
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