Word: jansport
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...perk that Kurnia Riza, one of millions of downwardly mobile Indonesians, does not take lightly. The soft-spoken 28-year-old was until recently a purchasing agent and union representative at a Jakarta factory run by a South Korean company that made backpacks for brands including Adidas and Jansport. But on July 1, management informed the union that the factory was closing and production was being moved to China because the costs of doing business in Indonesia were simply too high. Freshly unemployed and with poor prospects, Riza expressed his frustration at the ballot box on Sept. 20. In Indonesia...
Nike is not alone in capitalizing on the student-as-mule trend (46% of schoolkids get backaches from their packs). JanSport offers the Pulse, which comes with a waist belt and is padded with its own cushy stuff, called Gelastic. And RakGear by Targus has internal shelving that keeps contents--from books to yesterday's lunch--from settling to the bottom. Kids still need to keep loads to no more than 15% of body weight and wear both straps. The load facing the Nike brand? Convincing kids that a back-saving pack isn't geeky. --By Janice M. Horowitz
...transport books between dorm rooms and lecture halls. But from deep within the ivy-covered walls of Old Quincy, a suitcase-rolling hero has risen to challenge the hegemony of the bookbag. Just who is this mysterious nonconformist who stalks the Yard with luggage in tow, who dares replace Jansport with Samsonite? What drives him? FM presents an exclusive interview with Travis G. Good ’04. Good is a Crimson executive, but, more importantly, he is The Guy Who Takes a Suitcase to Class...
...Protesters hope their efforts will cause clothing companies to quit their involvement in Burma. As a result of protests last year, the Dress Barn, JanSport, and Kenneth Cole all promised to quit sourcing from Burma, according to the Free Burma Coalition...
Licensees participating in the process include Champion and Gear for Sports, the two largest suppliers of Harvard apparel, as well as Adidas-Salomon, Jansport, Nike and others...