>their primary market is completely eaten out by online competition, so they fill their retail space with cheap garbage to make ends meet Two years ago I enter

>their primary market is completely eaten out by online competition, so they fill their retail space with cheap garbage to make ends meet Two years ago I entered a Best Buy (bigbox US electronics retailer) shocked to see the main entry display was (presumably unshippable due to size) BBQ pits. My guess is that it was for reasons similar to your statement (although I wouldn't call it the GameStop effect, as they have a profitable secondhand market).