* In France, as in North America, there are many specialty stores such as the ones mentioned in this unit. Consumers can also purchase a variety of items in a department store, un grand magasin. In France, you can now shop in a shopping center called un centre-commercial; a garden center, une jardinerie; a no-frills store, un magasin-entrepôt; and a discount house called une minimarge. In France “to go shopping” is faire des courses. In Quebec it is faire du magasinage or magasiner. In Quebec you will hear les achats for les courses.