Y&S Podcasts: Trends and Opportunities in Hot Industries

This episode of the Show features Chi Nguyen, Senior Manager for Business Development in Spire Vietnam and Nikhil Agrawal, Junior Analyst with Process Excellence Team in Spire India.

In a recent project for an automotive client, Chi discovers that consumer behaviour across the 3 regions differs, and that Vietnam’s consumer purchase journey is moving away from traditional methods. Nikhil discloses interesting findings of a project for a company in the satellite communication industry, that while 87% of India’s tier 4,5 and 6 cities watch free online content, they would pay for quality content.

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In this second episode of the Spire Show, we feature Sarom Mahdi, Fieldwork Management Specialist from Spire Indonesia, and  Tuan Hoang, Research & Consulting Manager from Spire Vietnam.

Sarom talks about a recent project with a leading education institute in Indonesia, helping them design majors that would be of interest to Generation Z, and support Industry 4.0 in Indonesia. While Tuan relates working with a Japanese client in Vietnam on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and why the client awarded Spire with more jobs following the project.

Sarom's video (Spire in Minutes) The Potential Major Studies to Face Industry 4.0 for Gen Z  can be found at    • (Spire in Minutes... 

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The Spire Show, where we talk to our Research Consultants to find out what interesting market research projects they are working on.

Hosted by Marie Teo, our head of Marcom, this episode features Johnson Arul, Consultant from Spire Singapore, and Vinita Nath, Assistant Manager from Spire India. Johnson shares his insights of how Covid-19 has affected the food supply chain. Vinita talks about her first webinar experience and the market growth of e-commerce logistics’ in India.

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KF Seetoh shares with Spire his take on the street food culture in Singapore and his thoughts on where it is heading. Seetoh is a food consultant, founder of food court Makansutra and street food expert in Singapore. Watch the Spire Session for his views on what food awards should consider doing during this time of pandemic. 

Spire DCEO Japnit Singh speaks with Stephen Francis, CEO of MyGroser, on the essentials of building an online grocery delivery service. Stephen shares the inspiration behind the creation and the timely launch of the service in Malaysia.  Japnit and Stephen also discuss the consumer buying trends during the pandemic. 

We find out that size does matter in this episode of Spire Sessions, when PT Jakarta Sereal’s General Manager, Vijay Singh, explains how the company not just survives Covid, but thrives and has plans to expand. The very reason for the growth of the company is its secret to being a Covid success. 

Spire DCEO, Japnit Singh, gets insights on how start-up Pakuaty Chips survived the pandemic. Billy Bachtiar, CEO of Pakuaty Chips, explains the changes they have to make and also shares their outlook on consumer trends. It seems that consumers not only want more nutritional snacks, they are also willing to pay more for them. 

Spire Deputy CEO Japnit Singh and Dawn Liew, CEO for F&B of OldTown, talk about the F&B sector adapting to the changes and trends brought about by the pandemic. Find out more about how OldTown managed the challenges, and Dawn’s views on the cultural differences in Southeast Asian countries. 

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South Korea is becoming a "super-aged" society,  fast reaching 20% of the population exceeding age 65. In this episode,  Dr Justin Lee, Managing Director of Spire Korea and an expert on Korea's Silver Industry, shares insights on the development and opportunities of the industry. He also reveals the power of South Korea's silver dollar.

Spire Deputy CEO, Japnit Singh, shares his observations of how the Food industry has evolved and some key findings of a recent Spire survey of Southeast Asian Food companies.

Spire cultivated a strong Food portfolio in the last 20 years. We have also developed new capacities in agriculture and related policies in recent years. This strong portfolio also led to the building of a diverse team, which reflects the wide-ranging profile of our Food clients.