SHORT BIO
Kristin Schwab is a reporter at Marketplace focusing on the consumer economy. She's based in Brooklyn, New York.
Before Marketplace, Kristin produced narrative and news podcasts for The New York Times, New York Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. She teaches audio journalism at her alma mater, Columbia Journalism School.
Kristin also has a BFA in dance from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. After performing with ballet and modern companies, she got her start in journalism as an editor at Dance Magazine. Kristin grew up in Minnesota and has been a bit reporting obsessed since watching the '90s PBS show "Ghostwriter" as a kid. Yes, she had one of those necklace pens and a marbled composition notebook.
Latest Stories (505)
How much have prices increased over the past year? It depends on where you live.
Jan 30, 2023
Inflation's been running hotter in areas that people have been moving into — and cooler where they're moving out.
Inside the booming business of reselling returned merchandise
Jan 27, 2023
Everyone from publicly traded companies to individuals working out of their garages are buying and reselling liquidated items.
Inside the hectic post-holiday "returns season" at a Costco warehouse
Jan 26, 2023
A good portion never make it back to store shelves.
As discretionary spending slows, retailers try to make themselves essential
Jan 17, 2023
Here's how one small business is adapting to the changing consumer climate.
How companies decide to lay off workers
Jan 5, 2023
Layoffs are often one of the first ways companies cut costs. But they don’t take them lightly because there’s a lot at stake, not least employee goodwill and public image.
As our online behavior changes, companies spend less ad money on Google and Meta
Jan 4, 2023
Part of the reason: Social media platforms like TikTok are changing the way we shop online.
Flu season, COVID and other viruses mean medication is in demand
Dec 27, 2022
The country is still facing shortages of Children’s Tylenol and other common over-the-counter medicines.
Why all the flight cancellations? Airlines are still in recovery mode
Dec 23, 2022
Capacity is down. The weather's not great, either.
As inflation hangs over the holidays, advertisers target feelings over products
Dec 22, 2022
Instead of displaying abundance of materials, ads are leaning into things like family time.
Urgent care industry grows as need, business opportunity meet
Dec 12, 2022
The pandemic shone a light on urgent care's role in the health system. Private equity has taken notice.