Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...
As those obituaries recount, it was one of JanSport’s hiking backpacks, with a few key modifications ... the couple saw a new opportunity to create a product aimed at students.
Tasked with creating a marketable product using aluminum ... keeping the antiques for themselves — as orders grew for JanSport backpacks. The company remained a family business after the ...
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 ...
They founded JanSport, named for Ms. Lewis, in 1967 and married two years later. Soon they were making a host of products: snow shoes, a frame backpack for dogs, mummy-style sleeping bags.
and long-life JanSport packs are known for. Though the brand began by manufacturing and marketing world-class outdoor backpacks, today's product offerings include backpacks, crossbody bags ...
Murray McCory, JanSport co-founder and modern day backpack creator, has died at 80. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his then-future wife and later developed a way to make smaller, softer ...
They founded JanSport, named for Lewis, in 1967 and married two years later. Advertising Soon they were making a host of products: snow shoes, a frame backpack for dogs, mummy-style sleeping bags.