ORIGINAL: RCKen
Actually, it's not Tower that is the distrubitor. It's Hobbico Inc. that is the distributor, and they are the exclusive use dealers for Futaba and OS. Hobbico also owns Tower Hobbies too.
Ken
Sorry Ken, Tower is employee owned
http://www.towerhobbies.com/thistory.html
Hobbico owns Horizon and is the sole US distributor for JR.
Tower is the US distributor for OS and Futaba
There is a difference between distributors and retailers also as you well know.