Travel backpacks that are stylish and functional? Yep, we found 11. Keep reading for chic options that are lightweight, compact, and super spacious.

After combing through countless options and putting style and practicality to the test, I’ve narrowed it down to my top 8 picks. These are the best backpacks for girls who want their bags to ...

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 ...

Her work is also available for purchase on the ArtLifting website. Purchase her designed backpacks on the JanSport website. Information submitted by Licking Heights Local Schools.

We asked our Grown and Flown community of 290,000 parents what backpacks their teens love and then did our research into their most popular answers. While we focused on styles that teen girls and ...

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 ...

A girl clutches hers to her chest. The boy offers, as an ancient courtship ritual, to carry the girl’s for her. Multiple books might have been lashed together with a belt.

JanSport co-founders Murray McCory and Jan Peterson circa 1968. They married the next year, after meeting as students at the University of Washington in Seattle.

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.