In today’s world, may schools throughout the country are requiring kids to carry clear backpacks. From a safety perspective ...

Backpack brand JanSport has announced a strategic partnership with L2 Brands, a leader in collegiate and destination apparel, to expand its presence on college campuses across the US. The partnership ...

JanSport, the iconic backpack brand known for being Always With You, is teaming up with L2 Brands, a leader in collegiate and destination apparel, to ignite its presence on college campuses ...

Arguably best known now for its backpacks that are a staple in schools and in pop culture, JanSport started as a love story at the University of Washington.

Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.

Murray McCory, a free-spirited outdoorsman who co-founded the rugged gear and pack company JanSport, designed a widely imitated dome tent, and created a durable but lightweight backpack that ...

Pacific Northwesterners have a reputation for outdoorsmanship, and the classic hiking backpacks—with their large, rigid frames—were familiar to McCory (who also invented the dome-shaped tent).

Like Nike running shoes, JanSport backpacks grew out of the heady, creative days of the 1960s and 1970s. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Murray McCory, who founded JanSport while a student at UW and whose lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students, died Oct. 7 in Seattle.

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.

Murray McCory, who founded the outdoor equipment company JanSport, which developed the school backpack. He also fashioned a tent with a dome-shaped frame that was both lightweight and strong ...