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Apple may have reserved the lion’s share of iPhone 5 handsets for its own stores, leaving other retailers more empty-handed. Citing “store sales staff and other people familiar with the situation,” the Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Apple’s own stores seemed to have a healthy stock of iPhone 5 units to sell this past weekend. But other retail outlets had to grapple with a much more limited supply right from the get-go. People at Best Buy, RadioShack, and Target told the Journal that they didn’t even receive enough units to satisify pre-sales orders. Read the full story at CNET.

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Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.

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