What happened to JanSport?
April 5, 2017: VF Corp. sells its Licensed Sports Group business to Fanatics, Inc. and announces plans to close JanSport's collegiate apparel business and apparel screen-printing and embroidery operations in Greenville, affecting 380 employees.
If that is still within your budget, great! If that's over your budget, then I suggest you stick to the JanSport packs. They are very good backpacks as well, and you will get a lot of use out of them. Otherwise, keep reading to find out everything about these cool Herschel bags!
And JanSport has been forced to make some tough choices, including its recent decision to shut down factories in the United States and shift most of its production overseas, where labor costs are lower.
The ultimate classic. The JanSport SuperBreak is ultralight for everyday use. The backpack is available in more than 30 different colors and prints, perfect for every style of self expression.
Murray asked his girlfriend, Jan, to create a backpack pattern for his new aluminum frame, and promised her that if it was a success he'd name the company after her. It was, he did, and the JanSport® Brand came to life.
“Towards the end of the seventies,” Yowell wrote, “many college bookstores were carrying our revised day packs in stock.” Over the past three decades, the company has built a school backpack empire. USA Today reported in 2007 that since 1979 JanSport had sold 25 million of its bestselling SuperBreak pack.
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Our Verdict. If you're a student seeking a laptop backpack, the Jansport Right Pack is a classic. It features a large voluminous interior that is apt to hold all your daily goods. We tested this bag for a few months, carrying it with us while commuting to and from work.
So just in case, you forget, here's a quick sum-up of why Herschel took over the backpack market: Consistency in the quality of their products with flagship designs. Keeping the elusive factor by avoiding tacky mass-marketing. Leveraging on social media to continue up-ing their elusiveness and exclusivity.
The SuperBreak Plus is a fresh take on the classic SuperBreak pack with an internal laptop sleeve and side water bottle pocket, making this pack as functional as it is far out.
How do you clean a JanSport bag?
To maintain the shape and finish of your bag, we recommend cleaning by hand. For our Cordura and 600D Polyester Fabrics (like the Right Pack, Big Student and SuperBreak), use cool water with a soft damp cloth to wipe down the interior and exterior of your pack, Never use bleach or harsh detergents on your bag.
The fabric most resembling the one used in the JanSport bag is made mostly of polyester with polyurethane used as a binder. The most common polyester is called polyethylene terephthalate (PET) an is made by a process called polymerization, where the precursors are placed in a vacuum chamber, and heated.
1938. The first zippered backpack was created by Gerry Cunningham in Boulder, Colorado. He didn't like how other rucksacks slid around his back, so he used his father's sewing machine to create a nylon bag with zippers instead.
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A good rule of thumb is that if your carry-on bag fits under the seat in front of you, it's considered a personal item. This includes small backpacks, purses, briefcases, laptop bags, etc. Larger bags, including suitcases, must fit in the overhead bin compartment.
Life Happens. JanSport crafts quality and durable packs to last a lifetime for all your life's adventures.
During the K2 years, JanSport, now based in Everett, Washington, made strides on a number of fronts. In 1975 the company introduced the first convertible travel pack, a concept that was ahead of its time and only found a market about a decade later. JanSport introduced its signature product, the daypack, in 1975.
The Challenge
Like many retailers, JanSport was faced with e-commerce challenges. Running an online store requires a lot of time and resources to get right. Employees were already maxed out on the numbers of tasks and responsibilities each one was juggling.
JanSport is a medium retail company with 350 employees and an annual revenue of $9.2B that is headquartered in California.
And they visited campuses to observe the habits and habitats of college students, who buy many of the eight million backpacks JanSport sells each year.
Is JanSport ethical?
Overall rating: It's a start
Its environment rating is 'not good enough'. It uses few eco-friendly materials. It has set an absolute target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated from its own operations and supply chain but there is no evidence it is on track to meet its target.
JanSport
Created in 1967 (United States), JANSPORT own 25 sister brands and 850 competing brands. JANSPORT is owned by VF CORPORATION, listed on the stock exchange of New York JANSPORT belongs to the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories business sector.
