With the holiday shopping season around the corner, and a growing number of consumers shopping online, small businesses are gearing up now to establish and enhance their online presence.  Rich Riley, Vice President / General Manager for Yahoo! Small Business has some tips for small businesses looking to open an online store.

"Small businesses should choose an online provider that's easy to use. They should also look for a service that provides everything from domain registration, hosting and e-commerce to inventory tracking and promotional tools.  And it's important for small businesses to have 24/7 access to e-commerce support, people who can help make selling online as easy as possible."

If interested in finding out more, go to small business-dot-yahoo-dot-com.  According to Forrester Research, online holiday sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas are expected to grow more than 40 percent over last year.

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