In The Hyphen

The changing economics of swap meets


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In this episode of In The Hyphen, Fernando Hurtado goes to a swap meet in Los Angeles to see how the industry has changed. The advent of online shopping, the pandemic and immigration enforcement operations have dealt a heavy blow to foot traffic, but there's a bigger factor affecting this specific swap meet, organizers of the marketplace say.

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In The HyphenBy Fernando Hurtado