Southeast Asia’s consumer landscape is evolving with rising incomes, a growing middle class, and digital shopping trends. Companies must adapt to seize long-term growth opportunities across diverse markets.

Abstract

Consumers are spending more, and how they spend is also changing.

As income rises and the middle class expands across the region, consumers are prioritising convenience, trading up to better quality, and increasingly living and shopping online.

These shifts are shaping companies across ASEAN markets that are best positioned to gain from the trend.

Yet despite the momentum, many investors remain underexposed to the ASEAN consumer theme.

Part of the reason is simple: there is no single ASEAN story, but six distinct markets with different levels of income, spending and digital adoption.

Here are the key drivers behind the changing consumer landscape in ASEAN and where the opportunities may lie.

Why invest in the ASEAN consumer theme?

The ASEAN consumer story isn’t short-term spending growth.

It reflects a set of long-term structural shifts that continue to reshape demand across Southeast Asia.

Private consumption across the six largest ASEAN economies is projected to grow by around 8% annually, potentially reaching US$5 trillion by 2035 (Bain & Company, 2025).

At the same time, changing consumer behaviours, from trading up to shopping online, are influencing which companies are best positioned to capture this growth.

1. A rapidly expanding middle class

​​Income growth has been a key driver of ASEAN’s consumer story.

As households move up the income ladder, spending increases and evolves.

Consumers tend to spend more on higher-quality products, trusted brands, and lifestyle upgrades.

This is reflected in the growth of ASEAN’s middle and mass-affluent population.

Boston Consulting Group estimates that this segment could expand from 57 million people in 2017 to 137 million by 2030, with the largest increases in Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand.

Source: Boston Consulting Group, Beyond the ‘Crazy Rich’: The Mass Affluent of Southeast Asia, November 2018

Source: Boston Consulting Group, Beyond the ‘Crazy Rich’: The Mass Affluent of Southeast Asia, November 2018

In Vietnam, the middle class is expected to expand rapidly according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Meanwhile, Indonesia’s middle class is projected to make up more than half of the population by 2030.

With this rise in income levels, the opportunity set for investors expands across a wide range of sectors from everyday staples to discretionary spending and premium consumer brands.

2. Young demographics and rapid urbanisation

Southeast Asia has one of the youngest populations globally, and younger consumers tend to adopt new products, brands, and platforms more quickly.

By 2030, Gen Z and Millennials are expected to make up about half of consumers in Asia Pacific (Roland Berger, 2024).

Urbanisation is reinforcing this shift.

As more people move into cities, spending patterns change from traditional retail formats to modern trade, convenience-led consumption, and lifestyle services.

Indonesia, for example, is projected to be 60 percent urbanised by 2045 (UN, 2024), while Vietnam’s urban population continues to grow steadily.

This shift from rural to urban living is one of the strongest long-term tailwinds for ASEAN consumer companies.

3. The rise of e-commerce and social commerce

ASEAN’s consumer journey is also becoming increasingly digital.

This trend is evident in Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market, where platform gross merchandise value reached US$128.4 billion in 2024, up 12% year on year.

Source: Momentum Works, Ecommerce in Southeast Asia 3.0, June 2025
*GMV estimation covers only transactions on Shopee, Lazada, Tokopedia, TikTok Shop, Bukalapak, Tiki, Blibli, and Amazon SG. GMV estimated here includes all paid orders, including cancelled, returned and refunded orders.

According to Momentum Works’ Ecommerce in Southeast Asia 3.0 report, Shopee, TikTok Shop and Lazada accounted for more than 84 percent of platform e-commerce GMV in the region in 2024, with Shopee alone holding a 52 percent market share.

When we include non-platform channels such as brand websites, social media storefronts and messaging apps, Southeast Asia’s total e-commerce GMV reached US$145.2 billion in 2024, making up 12.8 percent of total retail. (Momentum Works, Ecommerce in Southeast Asia 3.0, June 2025).

Source: Momentum Works, Ecommerce in Southeast Asia 3.0, June 2025
*Non-platform GMV includes transactions that happen on open-loop social platforms (e.g. Facebook), brand.com, multi-brand retailer sites/apps, cross border channels, as well as orders placed via chat platforms such as Whatsapp.

Thailand and Malaysia were the fastest-growing markets, with e-commerce GMV rising 21.7 percent and 19.5 percent, respectively.

Despite this growth, most retail spending still occurs offline, suggesting there is still significant room for further digital penetration.

4. Premiumisation

As incomes rise, ASEAN consumers are increasingly trading up across many categories, from premium instant noodles and artisan coffee to health supplements, imported skincare, and branded fashion.

Source: Bain & Company and NielsenIQ, Southeast Asia: What’s Happening with Consumers and Consumer Products, November 2025

Bain and Company found that the luxury goods market in Southeast Asia grew at 6 percent annually between 2015 and 2021, and the trend has accelerated since (Bain and Company).

This matters for investors because companies that build strong premium brands often enjoy better margins, more loyal customers, and stronger pricing power over time.

5. Resilient domestic demand

One of the most attractive parts of the ASEAN consumer story is its resilience.

Even when external conditions weaken, domestic consumption has often helped support growth and recovery across the region.

UOB’s ASEAN Consumer Sentiment Study 2024 found that 52 percent of consumers said they were spending less on non-essential items. That may be a near term headwind, but it sits against a much larger long-term trend driven by demographics, rising wages, and the aspirations of a growing middle class.

Source: UOB, ASEAN Consumer Sentiment Study 2024 (Regional): Positive outlook amidst inflation and rising expenses, August 2024

For long term investors, periods of weaker consumer sentiment can sometimes create more attractive entry points into strong consumer franchises.

What are the investment opportunities in ASEAN consumer stocks?

The ASEAN consumer theme is not a single, uniform investment idea.

It plays out across different sectors and at different stages of development in each market.

Rather than focusing on identifying one “perfect” stock, it can be more useful to map the theme across a range of listed companies that offer exposure to key shifts such as convenience-led spending, digital commerce, and premiumisation.

Below are two to three listed companies from each of the six major ASEAN markets that provide exposure to these trends.

These are shared for educational purposes only and do not constitute investment recommendations.

Singapore

Singapore is the most developed consumer market in ASEAN.

With high income levels and steady tourist inflows, consumer spending here is supported not just by local demand, but also by visitors’ spending on shopping, dining, and personal care.

DFI Retail Group Holdings (SGX: DFIR)
DFI Retail gives investors broad exposure to everyday consumer spending across Asia through a single SGX-listed stock. Its brands span supermarkets, health and beauty, convenience stores, and food services, including Cold Storage, Giant, Guardian, 7-Eleven, and Maxim’s.

Sheng Siong Group (SGX: OV8)
Sheng Siong is one of Singapore’s best-known supermarket operators, with a strong presence in heartland neighbourhoods. Its focus on affordable fresh and dry groceries makes it a direct way to gain exposure to resilient household spending.

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (SGX: C38U)
For investors looking for exposure to Singapore retail spending through property, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust, or CICT, stands out as the clearest listed proxy.

Its retail portfolio includes some of Singapore’s best-known malls, such as IMM, Bugis Junction, Tampines Mall, Funan, and ION Orchard. This gives investors exposure to both suburban and tourist-linked retail traffic.

Malaysia

Malaysia’s consumer backdrop has been relatively supportive.

The economy grew 5.2 percent in 2025, while household incomes continued to rise.

A stronger ringgit has also helped improve purchasing power and made Malaysian consumer stocks more attractive to foreign investors.

Padini Holdings Berhad (Bursa Malaysia: PADINI)
Padini is one of Malaysia’s best-known homegrown fashion retailers, with brands spanning footwear, apparel and children’s wear. Its different formats allow it to serve both mainstream and more value-focused shoppers.

Oriental Kopi Holdings Berhad (Bursa Malaysia: KOPI)
Oriental Kopi is one of Malaysia’s newer consumer listings and offers exposure to the growing appeal of lifestyle dining brands. Its kopitiam style cafés are located in high-traffic malls and popular urban destinations, giving it exposure to both local consumer spending and tourism.

CCK Consolidated Holdings Berhad (Bursa Malaysia: CCK)
CCK is an integrated food group with core strengths in poultry, seafood and food retailing, supported by a fully integrated supply chain from farming and processing to distribution. Its CCK Fresh Mart and CCK Local outlets provide a strong retail footprint, particularly in East Malaysia, allowing the group to capture recurring consumer spending on fresh and affordable protein. Beyond Malaysia, CCK has built a meaningful regional presence, with roughly 20% of sales coming from Indonesia and around 5% from Japan, providing geographic diversification.

The company is a constituent of the Bursa Malaysia Quality 50 Index.

Indonesia

Indonesia is ASEAN’s largest consumer market, with a population of about 280 million and household spending contributing more than half of GDP.

That makes it one of the clearest ways to gain exposure to rising incomes, urbanisation, and a growing middle class in the region.

PT Mayora Indah Tbk (IDX: MYOR)
Mayora is one of Indonesia’s best known consumer companies, with brands such as Kopiko, Roma, Torabika, and Energen sold both at home and overseas. Its products sit in everyday categories, which gives investors exposure to resilient household spending, while its export reach adds another layer of growth.

PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk (IDX: MAPI)
Mitra Adiperkasa, or MAP, is Indonesia’s leading lifestyle retailer. It operates a large network of stores across the country and carries a broad mix of international brands spanning fashion, sports, department stores, food and beverage, and lifestyle. Its brand roster includes Starbucks, Zara, Marks & Spencer, SOGO, SEIBU, Mango, and Converse.

PT MAP Aktif Adiperkasa Tbk (IDX: MAPA)
MAP Active is the sporting goods and active lifestyle arm of the broader MAP group. It gives investors more focused exposure to categories such as sportswear, footwear, and active lifestyle brands including Sports Station, Planet Sports, The Athlete’s Foot, Golf House, Kidz Station, and Payless across Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

Thailand

Thailand’s consumer story is supported by both tourism and domestic spending, although the backdrop has become more mixed.

In 2024, the market enjoyed a strong recovery as international tourist arrivals rose to 35.5 million and tourism revenue climbed sharply. But 2025 has been softer, with foreign arrivals declining and GDP growth expected to slow. Even so, retail consumption has remained relatively supported by government measures and a still resilient domestic spending base.

CP All Public Company Limited (SET: CPALL)
CP All is Thailand’s dominant convenience retailer, operating the 7-Eleven network across the country. With nearly 16,000 stores, it is deeply embedded in the daily habits of Thai consumers.

Singapore-based investors can access CP All through its Singapore Depository Receipt (SGX: TCPD).

Central Retail Corporation (SET: CRC)
Central Retail is Thailand’s leading multi-format retailer, with exposure across department stores, supermarkets, wholesale, DIY, electronics, sports retail, and Vietnam’s GO! hypermarket network. Across Thailand, it operates Central and Robinson department stores, Tops supermarkets, GO Wholesale, Thaiwatsadu DIY, Power Buy electronics, and Supersports.

Singapore investors can access CRC via its Singapore Depository Receipt (SGX: CRCD).

Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (SGX: Y92 / SET: TBEV)
ThaiBev is one of Southeast Asia’s largest beverage companies, with exposure across spirits, beer, non-alcoholic drinks, and food. Its portfolio spans spirits (Chang, Ruang Khao, Hong Thong), beer (Chang, Sabeco brands in Vietnam), non-alcoholic beverages (Oishi, est cola), and food (KFC and Starbucks franchises in Thailand).

ThaiBev is primarily listed on SGX (SGX: Y92) and also on SET (SET: TBEV), making it one of the most accessible Thai consumer names for Singapore-based investors.

Through its 53.6% indirect ownership of Sabeco, ThaiBev also provides exposure to Vietnam’s beer market.

Philippines

The Philippines is one of ASEAN’s more dynamic consumer markets, supported by a young population, steady remittance inflows, and strong brand loyalty.

Jollibee Foods Corporation (PSE: JFC)
Jollibee is the Philippines’ most recognisable consumer brand and one of Asia’s largest restaurant groups. Beyond its core Jollibee brand, it also owns a broad portfolio that includes Chowking, Mang Inasal, Greenwich, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Highlands Coffee, Smashburger and Tim Ho Wan.

Puregold Price Club (PSE: PGOLD)
Puregold is one of the Philippines’ leading grocery retail groups, best known for its Puregold supermarkets and hypermarkets that serve both household consumers and small business owners such as sari-sari stores. The group also owns S&R Membership Shopping, a warehouse club format targeting middle- to higher-income consumers, giving it exposure across both value-oriented grocery retail and bulk membership-based retail.

Universal Robina Corporation (PSE: URC)
URC is one of the Philippines’ largest branded food and beverage companies, with products spanning snacks (Jack ‘n Jill), biscuits, chocolates, beverages (C2), coffee (Great Taste) and noodles. Its brands are sold not only in the Philippines, but also across Southeast Asia.

Vietnam

Vietnam remains one of Asia’s most compelling consumer growth stories. As incomes rise and urbanisation continues, spending is shifting steadily from basic necessities towards modern retail, branded products, and lifestyle consumption.

Mobile World Investment Corporation (HOSE: MWG)
Mobile World is one of Vietnam’s leading retail groups, with exposure across electronics, home appliances, grocery, pharmacies, and baby products through brands such as The Gioi Di Dong, Dien May Xanh, Bach Hoa Xanh, An Khang, and AvaKids.

Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company, Vinamilk (HOSE: VNM)
Vinamilk is Vietnam’s leading dairy company and one of the country’s strongest consumer brands. Its products are sold widely across Vietnam and exported to dozens of overseas markets. According to Kantar Worldpanel, Vinamilk has been the most purchased dairy brand in Vietnam for 12 consecutive years.

Saigon Beer–Alcohol–Beverage Corporation, Sabeco (HOSE: SAB)

Sabeco is Vietnam’s largest brewer and the maker of its most consumed beer brands — Bia Saigon, 333, and Bia Lac Viet. The company operates 26 plants with a total designed capacity of approximately 3 billion litres per year.

Key risks to watch out for

Even with a strong long term case, ASEAN consumer stocks can still be volatile because the region is exposed to several risks at once.

1) Macroeconomic and demand risks
ASEAN economies remain sensitive to slower growth in major markets such as China and the US, swings in commodity prices, and the impact of higher global interest rates on borrowing costs and consumer confidence. When conditions weaken, discretionary spending is usually hit first.

2) Regulatory and policy risks
Rules differ widely across ASEAN, and policy changes can be sudden. Shifts in import tariffs, wages, foreign investment rules, or sector regulations can quickly affect industry profitability. Vietnam’s tighter enforcement of drink driving laws, for example, created a near term headwind for beverage companies.

3) Currency and repatriation risks
For investors buying across the region, returns are also affected by moves in currencies such as the Thai baht, Indonesian rupiah, Philippine peso, Vietnamese dong, and Malaysian ringgit. A stronger US dollar can reduce USD-based returns when profits are converted back.

Putting the ASEAN consumer theme into perspective

The ASEAN consumer theme offers a broad and evolving set of opportunities, shaped by long-term structural shifts across income growth, demographics, and digital adoption.

Rather than treating it as a single investment idea, it can be helpful to build exposure across different markets and sectors, recognising that each country is at a different stage of development.

One approach is to invest directly in listed consumer companies on the respective ASEAN exchanges. The companies highlighted in this article, from DFI Retail and Sheng Siong in Singapore to MWG and Vinamilk in Vietnam, provide exposure to different parts of the region’s consumer growth story.

For Singapore-based investors, Singapore Depository Receipts listed on SGX can offer access to selected regional consumer stocks without needing to trade in multiple local markets.

For those seeking broader diversification, ETFs focused on ASEAN or individual country markets can also provide exposure to consumer growth alongside other sectors.

Regardless of the approach, it remains important to start with the fundamentals, including reviewing company announcements, financial results, and market data from official exchange websites such as SGX, Bursa Malaysia, IDX, SET, PSE and HOSE, before making any investment decision.

This article was written by Beansprout, a MAS-licensed investment advisory platform, in collaboration with ASEAN Exchanges.

Source : ASEAN’s Consumer Boom: A $5 Trillion Growth Story in the Making

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Somewhere in a Victorian terrace in Manchester, someone is trying to fit a standing desk where there is, objectively, very little room for one.

The ceiling pendant hangs lower than expected. The sash window sits at exactly the wrong height for someone standing. And the room itself, narrow, deep, built for a domestic life that looked nothing like ours, is quietly resisting the whole idea.

This is not an unusual situation. It is, in fact, the situation that millions of British home workers find themselves in whenever they consider making the switch to a height-adjustable desk. And it raises a question that most standing desk brands have been surprisingly slow to take seriously: what does it actually mean to design a standing desk for a British home, rather than for the idealised, open-plan workspace that most product photography assumes?

Britain’s Homes Were Built for a Different Life

These are buildings of genuine charm and significant spatial inflexibility. The Victorian terrace, in particular, was designed for coal deliveries, parlour visits, and a domestic economy utterly unlike the one we inhabit now. The rooms are narrow. The natural light arrives from two directions. The spare bedroom, which is, for most people, the home office, is often just wide enough for a single bed and a chest of drawers.

Into this world, the standing desk arrived carrying assumptions from elsewhere. It assumed a room with regular geometry and generous clearance. It assumed ceiling heights that did not place a light fitting directly at head level when standing. It assumed, in short, a space that most British homes simply do not have.

This is the gap that Hulala Home UK has set out to close. Not by asking homeowners to reconfigure their Victorian terrace, but by reconsidering the standing desk from the ground up for the spaces people actually live in.

What Happens When You Design for the Home, Not the Office

The first thing that changes when you design a standing desk for a small UK home is the footprint. Not a compromise in surface area, but a genuine rethinking of how much desk is actually needed for focused daily work and how that desk can be positioned to work with awkward room geometry rather than against it. A desk that is proportioned for a box room behaves very differently from one designed for a corporate open plan.

The second thing that changes is the material language. Most standing desks speak the visual vocabulary of the modern office. Brushed aluminium, black steel, the aesthetic of productivity and tech. In a room that also holds a wardrobe, a bookshelf, and years of accumulated personal objects, this language creates an intrusion. It announces itself as equipment rather than settling as furniture.

The Julia standing desk from the Hulala Home adjustable standing desk range takes a different approach. Its warm wood surface and considered proportions are calibrated for a room that is also a bedroom, a reading space, or a quiet corner of a family home. It is designed to belong in that room, not just to function within it, which is a much higher standard.

The Sash Window Problem, and What It Teaches Us

One of the most instructive spatial problems that the standing desk encounters in British homes is the sash window. These windows, one of the defining features of Victorian domestic architecture, are set at a height calibrated for a seated person to look out at street level. At standing height, the transom rail lands approximately at eye level, creating both a visual obstruction and, in bright light, significant glare.

This is not a problem that can be solved by the desk itself. But it is a problem that a desk designed for British homes needs to have been thought about. It affects where the desk should be positioned in a room, how the monitor should be mounted, and how the overall workspace should be configured. A standing desk brand that has genuinely designed for British living will have considered these things. One that has simply scaled down a corporate product will not.

The Deeper Shift

There is something more significant happening here than a design refinement. The standing desk that works in a British home is not just smaller or warmer or more domestic in its aesthetic. It represents a different understanding of what the home office actually is in 2025.

Home working is no longer a temporary arrangement or a productivity experiment. It is simply where work happens, for a very large proportion of the British working population. The spaces and furniture that support that work deserve the same level of thought and investment that has always been applied to offices, but calibrated for homes, not workplaces. For the specific, characterful, spatially complicated homes that British people actually live in.

The standing desk reconsidered for British living is not a niche product. It is, increasingly, the product that the moment requires. Explore the full range at the Hulala Home adjustable standing desk collection.

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Kelce and Swift tied the knot in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with the pop star’s publicist confirming the marriage that Friday evening. The two exchanged vows in front of roughly 1,000 guests, in a ceremony officiated by comedian Adam Sandler. Rather than a traditional wedding party, Swift was accompanied by her brother, Austin Swift, serving as her “man of honor,” while Kelce’s brother and fellow football standout, Jason Kelce, served as best man.

The bride and groom wore custom looks created by Christian Dior Haute Couture, paired with custom Christian Louboutin footwear. Swift’s jewelry for the occasion came from Cartier, according to her team. Guests arriving at the venue included actors Hugh Grant, Jason Sudeikis and Ethan Hawke, soccer star Abby Wambach, sports broadcaster Joe Buck, musician Benson Boone, NFL wide receiver Cooper Kupp and Paulina Gretzky. Chiefs teammates were also well represented at the celebration, with quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, attending alongside Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.

According to accounts from guests, the couple transformed the arena into what one attendee, AMC Chief Executive Adam Aron, described in a social media post as a “secret garden,” complete with large photographs of Swift and Kelce spanning different ages of their lives. Aron characterized the vows the couple wrote for one another as emotional and charming. Swift’s aunt, Robin Gentry, offered a similar account after leaving the venue, telling reporters that guests “cried, and they laughed and they danced, and they hugged and they kissed” throughout the celebration. Social media images from the event showed peach-colored carpeting and drapery throughout the venue, along with a party favor referencing lyrics from Swift’s song “Blank Space,” reading, “So it’s gonna be forever.”

Outside the arena, a jumbotron lit up with the message “JUST&T MARRIED!” following confirmation of the ceremony, drawing crowds of fans and onlookers who had gathered near Madison Square Garden throughout the day hoping to catch a glimpse of the festivities. The wedding celebration reportedly began with a rehearsal event two days earlier, with security personnel stationed at nearby hotels where family members, friends and Kelce’s teammates were believed to be staying ahead of the main event.

The wedding capped a long-running public relationship between the two stars, who began dating in 2023 and quickly became one of the most closely followed couples in American pop culture, drawing significant crossover attention between Swift’s global fan base and the NFL’s television audience throughout Kelce’s playoff runs with the Chiefs. The couple announced their engagement on Instagram in August, with a caption that read, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” referencing characters both had once portrayed in unrelated projects, a post that drew tens of millions of likes.

Reports about the wedding’s timing and location shifted several times in the months leading up to the ceremony. Early reports from Page Six in late 2025 indicated the couple had selected June 13, 2026, as their wedding date, with plans to marry at Ocean House, a resort in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, where Swift owns a home. The date carried personal significance for Swift, whose fascination with the number 13 has been well documented by fans throughout her career, including her Dec. 13 birthdate. Sources at the time indicated the couple were also considering a second wedding celebration in Tennessee. Those earlier plans ultimately evolved, with the couple instead holding their ceremony in New York City at Madison Square Garden on July 3, a venue Swift had not performed at in years despite her ability to sell out much larger stadium venues during her recent Eras Tour.

Kelce, 36, enters the 2026 NFL season in what is widely viewed as potentially his final year in the league. The three-time Super Bowl champion is coming off an 851-yard season in which the Chiefs missed the playoffs for the first time since 2014, a disappointing finish for a franchise that had been a perennial contender throughout much of Kelce’s career. He is expected to once again line up alongside Mahomes, who is working his way back from a torn ACL and has said he hopes to be ready for the Chiefs’ season opener.

The Chiefs are scheduled to open their 2026 campaign at home against the Denver Broncos on September 14, part of a broader NFL calendar that includes a season-opening matchup between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks on September 9, an international game between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne, Australia, and the league’s traditional Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday matchups later in the fall. The regular season is set to conclude January 10, 2027, with the playoffs running from January 16 through 31, and Super Bowl LXI scheduled for February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

For now, Kelce’s return to the training field offers an early signal that preparations for the coming season are already underway, even as he and Swift continue settling into married life following one of the most closely watched celebrity weddings of the year. Whether the 2026 campaign proves to be Kelce’s last remains to be seen, but his early return to workouts suggests he intends to approach the season with the same commitment that has defined his decade-plus career in Kansas City.