Grocery Industry Veteran Joins QRS Board of Directors

RICHMOND, Calif. – June 24, 2003 – QRS Corporation (Nasdaq: QRSI) announced today that Terry R. Peets has joined the QRS board of directors as an independent Class II director. Mr. Peets has been a grocery industry leader for more than 25 years, working for some of the best-known names in food retailing.

"Terry Peets has an impressive history of leadership and a depth of grocery expertise that bring immediate value to QRS as we implement our growth strategies," said Liz Fetter, President and CEO of QRS Corporation. "I am very pleased to welcome Terry to the QRS board of directors."

Mr. Peets currently serves as an advisor to JP Morgan Partners. Mr. Peets served as Director and Chairman of the Board of Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc., and, over the last 25 years, he held senior executive positions at both Vons and Ralphs Grocery Company. Mr. Peets currently serves as a director for World Kitchens Inc., Doane Petcare Inc., and PSC Scanning Inc.

"I've been very impressed by QRS' contributions to the general merchandise and apparel segment over the years, and I believe there are tremendous opportunities for QRS to bring their collaborative commerce expertise to bear on the biggest challenges in the grocery business," said Mr. Peets. "I'm honored to join the board and look forward to helping the Company maximize its opportunities for future growth."

About QRS

QRS (Nasdaq: QRSI) is a leading provider of collaborative commerce solutions for the global retail trading community. We enable companies to communicate electronically with their global trading partners; conduct cross-company transactions; synchronize and manage product data; collaboratively source, merchandise and import goods; and automatically detect and resolve supply chain issues. More than 8,000* retailers, brand marketers, manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers and distributors from a variety of retail segments – including Federated Department Stores Inc., Groupe Clarins USA, Jones Apparel Group Inc., The Kroger Company, Sears, Roebuck and Co., and Selfridges plc – use QRS solutions to significantly improve their overall business performance. 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.


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