It isn't as terrible as some of you think. Having ML at a bigger chain store exposes the brand to a wider market, which the company needs to do to survive. Most Future Shops only have Motion series, and there are only a dozen or so in the country that carry anything as high as Vista, Source, Matinee, and Depth i. Vantages are available as special order. The sad thing about this is that a lot of the FS staff don't understand the ML gear, and will sell Klipsch, Polk, or Energy because they sound better playing "Ridin Dirty" at 128 kbps with a desktop pc as a source running with 3.5mm to rca left and right to a mid line yamaha reciever (this is the demo i got with the Vista's btw).
I happen to know that FS is trying to get a higher market share with upper end audio gear, but I do think some of the staff may need better training along with better demo material if they want to sell it properly. They also need to stop throwing in HTIB's with tv's if they want the market to change, and start taking audio seriously again.