SHOPPING

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 396.

Many shops generally deal in certain goods displayed in shop windows and a lot of stores called department stores sell various items of consumer goods under one roof. The department store is a great convenience for customers because it saves our time. In the store customers go to the counter, choose the goods they want and pay at the cash-desk. Salesman or salesgirls stand behind the counters but there are self-service departments with no salesmen but only cashiers who sit at the cash-desks just in the departments. In the department store a customer can find: stationary, household goods, electric appliances, crockery and glassware, textiles and other departments.

The hats department sells men's caps but the millinery department sells kerchiefs, wide-brimmed (fur, felt, straw) hats, berets. The hosiery handles hosiery like socks (cotton, woollen, silk), stockings with a seam or seamless, 'stretchers', pantyhose and knitted goods: knitted underwear (slips, singlets, panfy-briefs, panties), cardigans, jackets, jumpers, pullovers, sweaters, knitted caps, mittens, scarves, in the drapery one can get a length of cloth: linen, cotton, cotton print, pure silk, rayon, nylon, crimplene, velvet, all-wool, thick wool cloth. The ready-made clothes for men department is stocked well with everything a man needs in the way of clothes: shirts, trousers, coats, waist-coats, two-piece or three-piece suits, overcoats, raincoats.

If a woman wants to buy ready-made clothes: dresses, frocks, gowns, aprons, skirts, blouses, costumes, trousers, trouser-suits, coats trimmed with furs of mink, fox, nutria, lynx, muskrat she goes to the ready-made clothes for women department. Sports goods department is supplied with trainers, T-shirts, bathing trunks, bathing suits, sports shoes, sports equipment. Haberdashery handles handkerchiefs, lace, ribbon, tape, thread, needles, safety-pins, umbrellas, while men's haberdashery is stocked with braces, collars mufflers, shaving-sets, electronic (safety) razors. There is also perfumery having face cream, powder, cream-made compact, eye shadow, lipstick in going shades, perfume, eau de cologne, spray, lotion, shampoo, soap, nail varnish on sale. Jewellery sells ornaments, bracelets, rings, earrings, brooches, necklaces, beads. Brief-cases, handbags, gloves, wallets are sold at leather goods. At the shoe department one can buy footwear: boots, high booties, fur-lined booties, shoes made of leather, patent lather, suede, low shoes, high (medium, low) heeled shoes, overshoes, rubber shoes, sandals, slippers, canvas shoes, high (low) platform shoes.

In big department stores they have information bureau, where a customer can inquire about any goods he/she would like to buy. If a customer is overloaded with packages the department store can take care оf delivery by means of home delivery service and the customer can have the purchases delivered at any time and place he/she wishes.