Back-to-school Gen Alpha is already having to watch its back from hallway menaces—literally. Teenagers are unlooping the ...

Teenagers are unlooping the zipper pulls on peers’ Nike Elite backpacks, which retail for $87, stealing them for their own collections or reselling them back to theft victims at lofty prices.

This is why teenagers are stealing zipper pulls from Nike backpacks: ‘Messed up’ By . Brooke Kato. Published Sep. 25, 2024. Updated Sep. 25, 2024, 10:27 a.m. ET. Stealing from strangers?

That said, there are two simple temporary fixes. The easiest is to slide a key ring through the zipper pull and over your ...

A stuck or jammed zipper is a zipper that won’t move up or down along the teeth, no matter how much you pull on it. I find it's one of the most common issues with zippers, and fortunately, it's ...

Pull: The floppy metal or plastic tab you grab with your fingers to slide your zipper up and down. Slider: The chunky piece of metal or plastic the zipper pull is attached to.

Japan’s YKK, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer (go ahead, grab the nearest zipper, it probably says YKK on the pull), has announced a prototype self-propelled zipper with a built-in ...

Teenagers are unlooping the zipper pulls on peers’ Nike Elite backpacks, which retail for $87, stealing them for their own collections or reselling them back to theft victims at lofty prices.