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 (497)
Casual restaurant chains like Olive Garden see declining sales
Mar 26, 2024
Darden Restaurants, which owns chains like Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse, had its first same-store sales decline since the pandemic.
As higher-income households do more shopping at Walmart, the store is stocking fancier brands
Mar 22, 2024
The fluorescent lit aisles of big box stores don’t scream luxury. But for certain items, consumers just don’t care.
Package deliveries are clogging city streets
Mar 21, 2024
Retailers, shipping companies and cities are working together to solve the problem.
Retailers take on Amazon Prime with new subscription services
Mar 7, 2024
Walmart's on-demand delivery program starts Sunday. Target's version of Amazon Prime launches in April. Is there room for more subscriptions?
Macy's isn't facing a retail apocalypse. It's facing a shrinking middle class.
Mar 6, 2024
Department stores were created to serve an income group that's declining while the poorer and wealthier cohorts expand.
Department stores like Macy's rely on an old shopping model. Can they change?
Feb 27, 2024
In the age of globalism and online shopping, the department store’s strength — as a place for everything — has became its weakness.
Years later, pandemic purchases trigger buyer's remorse
Feb 26, 2024
From outdoor heaters to exercise equipment to homes, people made purchases they now regret.
Why Amazon is replacing Walgreens Boots Alliance on the Dow Jones
Feb 21, 2024
A Dow Jones committee considers company growth and investor interest when deciding which stocks to include in the index.
Diners aren't going to steakhouses just for the steak anymore
by
Kristin Schwab
and Sofia Terenzio
Feb 19, 2024
Some steakhouses are changing their menus and venues to accommodate new consumer preferences.
Vacant office buildings create a tax revenue problem for cities
Feb 16, 2024
Take Boston. Over the next five years, that city could face a tax revenue shortfall to the tune of $1.2 to $1.5 billion, according to a new study from the Boston Policy Institute.