Stealing from strangers? TikTokkers say, just do it. Teens on a stealing spree are nabbing the zippers off of Nike Elite backpacks, accumulating dozens and reselling them for a pretty penny to victims ...

Nike Elite zipper thefts are a trend popular with teens in which kids steal detachable accessories from backpacks in stores. Generation Alpha began to show off their collections on TikTok in September ...

You can peel open Nike’s Elite EasyOn backpack with one hand and get full access to its interior. You can peel open Nike’s Elite EasyOn backpack with one hand and get full access to its interior. is a ...

Back-to-school Gen Alpha is already having to watch its back from hallway menaces—literally. Teenagers are unlooping the zipper pulls on peers’ Nike Elite backpacks, which retail for $87, stealing ...

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Teenagers have found a new way to amuse themselves: Stealing people’s backpack zippers. Not just any zippers, specifically Nike Elite backpack zippers. Why? You’ll have to ask a teenage boy that one.