Originally Posted by Blue 
Falconeye, You have a pretty good model here. There are a couple of weaknesses however.
Well, the one brick and mortar store (excluding the Mall Ritz) isn't a showroom in regards to Pentax because they don't have any Pentax. They can't sell what they don't carry. However, the same thing would happen if it were Olympus, etc. It should not be a problem for a B&M to have a K20D, K200D, and K-M on hand with a few accessories. Perhaps a lot of that responsibility goes to Pentax. And Pentax's delivery system is probably the key to actual product availability on a local level.
You have to remember that camera stores have been deteriorating for in excess of a decade. When I worked in them 20 or so years ago, they were showrooms for every brand that they carried, but times have changed. The internet has eroded them, big box retailers (I include the B&H style stores here, as they are just a specialized big box store) have eroded them, and mail order has eroded them.
When you complain about how things are today, you need to keep things in context regarding how they got to where they are.