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JanSports new Retro Series will cost $19.67 for 19 minutes and 67 seconds starting at noon Eastern time on October 10. JanSport. Founded in 1967 by Murray Pletz, his girlfriend Janice (the brand ...

DENVER, Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 ...

Murray McCory, JanSport co-founder and backpack creator, dies at 80. He started the backpack company in 1967, while still in college, and went on to revolutionize the way students carry books.

Murray McCory, who founded the outdoor equipment company JanSport while still in college and whose signature innovation, a lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students ...

By the mid-1980s, JanSport bags were ubiquitous in colleges and high schools. When The New York Times published Mr. McCory’s obituary on Monday, readers shared memories of their JanSports in the ...

Day packs accounted for half of JanSport’s sales in 1985, and by 2015 the company was reportedly selling 8 million backpacks a year. The oldest of three brothers, Murray John Pletz was born in ...