industry fashion retailing founded 1972 founder mrs. christina ong 1 headquarters singapore singapore area served australia mainland china hong kong indonesia korea malaysia singapore taiwan thailand the united kingdom and united states key people mrs. christina ong website http www.club21global.com club 21 2 is a luxury retail company established in 1972 by singaporean entrepreneur hotelier christina ong . 3 club 21 started as a small boutique in singapore s tanglin shopping centre and has expanded to operate multi label fashion stores at four seasons singapore as well as licensed boutiques in australia china hong kong indonesia korea malaysia and singapore 4 taiwan thailand 5 the united kingdom and usa . club 21 manages the brands donna karan ck calvin klein giorgio armani a x armani exchange balenciaga marni mulberry 6 dolce & gabbana d & g diesel paul smith issey miyake jil sander dries van noten comme des gar ons and lanvin . it also operates ck calvin klein and dkny jeans under license . a joint venture with giorgio armani s.p.a 7 is expanding the a x armani exchange brand worldwide . 8 club 21 has 3 800 employees across four continents engaged in wholesale distribution sourcing brand guardianship and vertical retail . 9 club 21 is part of the como group . the group s como hotels and resorts division manages and operates the following properties 10 the halkin in london s belgravia ; the metropolitan bangkok and metropolitan london urban hotels ; private island resorts parrot cay in the turks and caicos and cocoa island in the maldives ; uma paro and uma punakha in bhutan ; and uma ubud and como shambhala estate in bali . 11 contents 1 2010 unifem buy to save 2 controversy 3 references 4 external links 2010 unifem buy to save edit in 2010 club 21 is once again partnering with unifem singapore 12 to host give to save where gently worn designer items are collected from club 21 clients and the general public during 24 28 november 2010 at the forum the shopping mall . the items collected will be sorted priced and sold at the buy to save event . proceeds from the sale of these items will benefit women who are at risk from violence and exploitation . controversy edit club 21 uk which operates giorgio armani and dkny jeans was convicted of discrimination against a manager who told his bosses he was hiv positive . from positivenation.co.uk diagnosed with hiv in 1993 mr pasquarelli disclosed his hiv status to his employers after becoming severely ill with multiple hodgkin s lymphoma a cancer which affected his lungs and liver . when the store closed for refurbishment last april he claimed was not offered suitable alternative work was discriminated against and made redundant . his case was reported in the media in the same week as stars flocked to a celebrity party held by giorgio armani to endorse the bono red campaign to promote hiv awareness and support the global fund to fight aids tb and malaria . mr armani s partner sergio galeotti died from aids in 1993 . in its ruling against the armani franchise company orthet the tribunal said we would expect mr pasquarelli s many years of loyalty to be rewarded by the offer of at least a temporary position for the duration of the caf s closure . orthet discriminated against mr pasquarelli by not offering him alternative employment and did so for a reason relating to his disability treating him less favourably than they treated a person to whom that reason did not apply . since 5 december 2005 the disability discrimination act has protected all hiv positive employees in work from the point of diagnosis . 13 14 15 references edit national park singapore mrs christina ong chairman of the board retrieved 23 april 2010 wang esther infopedia club 21 retrieved 7 april 2010 timesonline 27 april 2008 . christina ong . the times . london . retrieved 7 april 2010 . supertravel singapore club 21 retrieved 22 april 2010 cripps karla 1 june 2009 . club 21 luxury central . cnngo.com . retrieved 23 april 2010 . barker sophie 10 june 2000 . mulberry shares soar as club 21 buys stake . london telegraph.co.uk . retrieved 23 april 2010 . jones adam 4 november 2005 armani plans ong joint venture ft.com retrieved 26 april 2010 new a x armani exchange deal expected to boost label s sales fashionwindows.com retrieved 26 april 2010 club 21 pte ltd business profile business week retrieved 7 april 2010 como hotels and resorts official site . retrieved april 13 2010 . roberts sophy november december 2002 . the world of christina ong . retrieved 13 april 2010 . buy to save 2010 retrieved 27 december 2010 http www.positivenation.co.uk issue127 regulars news news127.htm http www.thisislocallondon.co.uk news topstories 935718 . armani forced out manager for being hivpositive http www.thefreelibrary.com armani cafe boss sacked for having hiv wins pounds sterling 18 000 a0151671241 external links edit timeout singapore shopping club 21 ladies 40 richest in singapore 2009 singapore retailers association edirectory dkny jeans official site for asia europe middle east region reference for business mulberry group plc retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title club 21 & oldid 729873258 categories retail companies of singapore navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 july 2016 at 04 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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