Private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners will acquire shoe retailer Rockport Co. for $150 million, subject to bankruptcy court approval, according to The Wall Street Journal. Rockport dropped ...

Newton-based shoe company Rockport donated 5,000 pairs of walking shoes to first responders hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic in and around Boston on this week. "At a time when first responders are ...

Shoe designer Rockport Company LLC has notified state officials that it may shut down its headquarters in West Newton as soon as July, a move that could eliminate nearly 150 jobs. In a notice filed on ...

Another American shoe company closing stores in bankruptcy has shuttered its Long Island locations, as traffic at brick-and-mortar footwear shops declines. Two Rockport shoe stores on Long Island — in ...

Rockport shoes are sold through a number of Australian retailers including The Athlete’s Foot, Mathers and the department store David Jones. The US-based footwear company will undergoes voluntary ...

Skechers is coming after more footwear companies for allegedly infringing on its design patents. In a lawsuit filed Sept. 4 in the Southern District of New York, Skechers accused Rockport, as well as ...

A third-generation shoe manufacturer, he built Rockport with his father and, before selling it to Reebok, campaigned to turn walking into a fitness movement. By Richard Sandomir Bruce Katz, who with ...

As Bruce Katz and his father pioneered the walking shoes market, their goal was nothing short of striding briskly into marketing history. “We want to be to walking what Jane Fonda was to aerobics,” ...