Prime Day backpack deals include discounts on brands like JanSport, MATEIN and more. Even if you don't want to think about it while you enjoy your summer adventures , school will soon be in ...

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 ...

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 ...

University Book Store's social media intern Anika demonstrates the JanSport backpack currently offered at the store in Seattle; the location had a hand in creation of the original student backpack ...

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.