Fabris Lane builds brands

Fabris Lane is launching a series of optical collections to practitioners for the first time.

The company has recently launched optical ranges under its Ben Sherman, Jigsaw, Nicole Farhi and Fat Face licences and will be launching its own Fabris Lane optical collection in spring 2009.

Branching out into optical eyewear, developing export sales and repositioning the Fabris Lane brand for 2009 are part of the company's plans to grow its business. PricewaterhouseCoopers has been appointed to help with the expansion.

Rod Lane, the company's founder, commented: 'Two bad summers in a row and credit crunch blues simply won't stop us growing this business.'