JanSport is experimenting with a high-tech backpack to give teens another way to express themselves. The company has developed 300 backpacks with programmable fabric, allowing users to share a ...

Buckshot Camo and plenty of other designs), and don’t forget: every JanSport comes with a lifetime warranty and the company offers to replace or repair any breaks. JanSport Big Student Backpack ...

JanSport backpacks are so rugged that the manufacturer ... stripes, polka dots and camo prints, to name just a handful of your options. Prints allow you to show off your personal style and are ...

Murray McCory, a free-spirited outdoorsman who co-founded the rugged gear and pack company JanSport, designed a widely ...

Here, you’ll find a wide array of options that’ll fit any tween’s needs — from timeless styles by classic brands like Jansport or Herschel to fashion-forward bags that’ll be sure to turn ...

You may well consider QR codes as a relic of a past digital age, but leading bagmaker JanSport is having none of it. The company has recently developed a backpack that acts as a kind of QR code so ...

Gerry Outdoors claims to have created the very first “modern nylon backpack in existence” in 1967 (the same year JanSport opened up shop). The smaller and lighter backpack caught on among ...

After the death of Murray McCory, a founder of the outdoors equipment company JanSport, readers recalled how their backpacks served them on life’s journeys. By Amisha Padnani Amisha Padnani is ...

Skip Yowell, a Kansas boy and avowed hippie who made it to Mount Everest, co-founded the JanSport company and sold backpacks by the millions, has died. He was 69. Mr. Yowell had lung cancer ...

VF Corp., the owner of fashion brand Supreme, is considering a sale of its Jansport backpack business, according to people with knowledge of the matter. A deal could value Jansport, founded in ...

Yes, this is a brand new backpack, and it's for sale (or will be, in spring 2011). In 1972, Jansport put out a grande-size aluminum-frame backpack (revolutionizing the look of retro gear for ...

Murray McCory, JanSport co-founder and backpack creator, dies at 80 Nov. 7, 2024 Updated Fri., Nov. 8, 2024 at 9:10 p.m. JanSport co-founders Murray McCory and Jan Peterson circa 1968.