English for Department Store Buyers

[Autonomo]

Got a new class teaching an elementary group of buyers (for wildly different departments) in a leading department store.
Does anyone have any inspired ideas for relevant activities/games/exercises as a break from the textbook now and then?

Also, what's the name of the department that sells tablecloths etc? Is that just "linens" or "tablewear" or what? And surely the department that sells (downmarket) perfumes and toiletries would not be called "drugs and perfumes" as the buyer himself calls it? Sometimes I feel that I'm losing touch with my own language after over decade abroad!

Apologies for starting a sentence with "and"!

[emile]

Dude, that would be tableware, which means like plates and spoons and stuff. I guess tablecloths would usually be in the 'housewares' department.

As for the Drugs and Perfumes, do you mean they sell medicines alongside the perfume? Seems to me that just Perfumes or Fragrances would be best.

I know how you feel, though, I'm also in my tenth year overseas. I have to get a 'refresher course' on my yearly trip home.

Emile