David Cozy wrote:

>And I'll just add that Tower appears to be booming in Japan (or at least
>the branches in Shinjuku and Shibuya do).  The classical floors of each
>of these outlets are always packed and the pop music floors are even
>more crowded.

Tower Japan is not owned by the US Tower corporation anymore.  Those
stores were sold off to another interest when Tower went through some
serious restructuring some time ago.

They no longer have stores in England either.  The great Picadilly Circus
Store is no more.

Kevin