Prada aims to hire over 400 workers in Italy by year-end

MILAN (Reuters) - Prada aims to hire more than 400 people in Italy by year-end to strengthen its production capacity and keep up with the group's growth, the Italian luxury group said on Thursday.

The investment plan, dedicated to the enlargement of its plants in central Italy as well as training and hiring new people, will guarantee the group greater agility and a reduction of the time-to-market, Prada said.

Prada has roughly 5,300 employees in Italy, of which 3,200 in manufacturing.

(Reporting by Elisa Anzolin, editing Federico Maccioni)