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Sharing economy goes hyperlocal with household items

Published Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · 09:50 PM

New York

WHEN vandals broke into Stephanie Ciancio's Land Cruiser in 2014 and stole her car stereo, she did not have the time and money to replace it. It was particularly vexing for Ms Ciancio, a 34-year-old San Francisco resident, because she had been planned to take a four-day road trip to Fern Canyon, California, over the long July 4 weekend, and the idea of making the eight-hour drive without music was depressing.

So she logged onto Peerby.com, typed…

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