RICHMOND, Calif. – April 24, 2003 – QRS Corporation (Nasdaq: QRSI) today announced its appointment of Bob Skeens to the role of Sales Director, Northern Europe. Skeens brings a wealth of IT sales knowledge to the position, with achievements in aggressive growth strategies and sales cycle management for MicroStrategy, a leading business intelligence and customer relationship management provider.

In his new role, Skeens is responsible for building on QRS' success in the UK and European markets. He is tasked with replicating the company's success in the American retail technology industry through European sales of QRS Catalogue™, a data synchronization application that allows manufacturers and suppliers to synchronize current, accurate product information on more than 90 million items.

Commenting on his appointment, Skeens said: "I look forward to driving QRS' performance and success in the Northern European markets. I chose this position at QRS because of the company's technology strengths and the great opportunity for growth in the region."

Prior to QRS, Skeens spent six years at MicroStrategy, where he successfully grew the business by 30 percent over previous fiscal years and brokered large retail deals including Marks & Spencer, B&Q, Sainsburys and WHSmith.

Shak Akhtar, Vice President of Sales and Operations for QRS EMEA, noted: "We are pleased to have Bob at the helm of our Northern European sales force. His knowledge and industry expertise will play a key role in strengthening our position and success in the UK and European markets."

About QRS

With headquarters in Richmond, California, QRS (Nasdaq: QRSI) has offered innovative solutions that automate the way companies connect, transact, collaborate and differentiate since 1988.

QRS is a market leader in collaborative commerce software and services that help the retail industry bring products to market quickly and profitably. With a comprehensive suite of commerce solutions for the global trading community, only QRS combines the benefits of electronic communication with the retail industry's leading source of product information for accurate partner transactions between companies of any size or technology infrastructure. QRS allows companies to see and manage processes across the supply chain so that problems can be detected and resolved, and offers services that provide insight to the store floor so that companies can enhance the customer experience and improve store operations. More than 8,000* customers from over 20 retail segments – including Sears, Roebuck and Co., The Kroger Company, Selfridges plc and Jones Apparel Group – use QRS® to meet customer needs, compress cycle times, reduce costs and improve sales margins. Learn more about QRS at www.qrs.com.

* Based on total, unique QRS corporate customers that purchased or licensed QRS products and services between January and December 2002.