A department store is a retail enterprise that sells a large variety of consumer goods in various regions of the store, each of which is called a "department" and focuses on a specific product category. The department store made a dramatic appearance in modern large cities in the middle of the nineteenth century, irreversibly reshaping shopping patterns and the meaning of service and luxury. Adult and children's ready-to-wear garments and accessories, yard goods and domestic textiles, small household items, furniture, electrical appliances and accessories, and, in some cases, food are among them. Managers and purchasers oversee the divisions and departments in which these commodities are stored. Discount, general merchandise, fashion or high fashion, and speciality are common categories for department shops based on the types of goods they carry and the prices they charge