RICHMOND, Calif. – July 31, 2003 – QRS Corporation (Nasdaq: QRSI) has announced its appointment of Denis Laurent to the role of Sales Director, Southern Europe. Laurent brings a wealth of IT sales knowledge and industry expertise to the position, with achievements in aggressive growth strategies and sales cycle management for companies such as JDA Software, Viewlocity and GE Information Services.

In his new role, Laurent is responsible for building on QRS' success in Europe to-date. He is tasked with replicating the company's achievements in the American retail technology industry through European sales of QRS Catalogue™, a data synchronisation application that allows manufacturers and suppliers to synchronise current, accurate product information and QRS Sourcing™, an enterprise software application that manages and tracks products from concept creation to final delivery.

Commenting on his appointment, Laurent said: "I look forward to driving QRS' performance and success in Southern Europe. 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, Laurent was based at E3/JDA as Manager of Southern Europe where he led teams to broker large deals for replenishment systems including Carrefour, Rexel and Ahold Spain. During his management period, sales grew by 55% in one year alone.

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

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.