RICHMOND, CA – October 22, 2003 – QRS Corporation (Nasdaq: QRSI) today announced that Belk, the nation's largest privately owned department store chain, has extended its contract with QRS for another three years, making QRS Exchange™ its preferred solution for networking services and QRS Catalogue™ the company's exclusive data synchronization solution.

Belk uses QRS Exchange to exchange business documents with more than 600 trading partners, and, as a result, has significantly reduced monthly expenses with electronic vs. manual data interchange. With QRS as its preferred provider of EDI messaging services, Belk will build on that success, expanding electronic communication to more of its trading partners, which include general merchandise and apparel, hardlines and health and beauty aid suppliers.

Belk is using QRS Catalogue to centralize product data and automate internal business processes. QRS Catalogue enables the company's Merchandising Support Group to utilize UPC codes and related product information for improved order accuracy and enhanced flow of timely product information into the merchandising system. As a result, Belk has reduced overall operating expenses and improved staff productivity by mandating the use of QRS Catalogue within its entire trading community.

"We were looking for a committed partner that understands the intricacies of our supplier relationships and the urgency of getting products to our customers, and can help us streamline internal process efficiencies and improve our bottom line," said Bill Keith, Vice President of Merchandising Support at Belk. "QRS' proven ability to deliver its solutions quickly, effectively and reliably makes QRS the clear choice to be Belk's sole catalogue and messaging services provider."

"This agreement is a strong endorsement of QRS' ability to meet the critical need for accurate and timely product information," said Liz Fetter, President and CEO, QRS Corporation. "Our collaborative commerce solutions help retail companies like Belk optimize their ability to connect and transact with trading partners, which drives benefits across the retail trading community."

About QRS Catalogue™

QRS Catalogue is the retail industry's leading product data synchronization application, allowing more than 3,500 marketers, manufacturers, suppliers and retailers to share the latest product information, such as price, style, color, size and over 450 additional product attributes. QRS Catalogue offers a complete solution for item setup and synchronization, and supports the latest EAN.UCC global standards and initiatives. By automating business processes such as item setup and maintenance, promotional price management and product marketing content management, QRS Catalogue helps customers achieve increased revenue and greater productivity.

About QRS Exchange™

QRS Exchange is a suite of hosted and point-to-point electronic commerce solutions that help trading partners exchange information, such as purchase orders, invoices and forecasts. Through electronic transactions, companies reduce costs, respond quickly and optimize business operations. Whatever the standard or protocol – EDI or XML; value-added network (VAN) or EDI over the Internet (EDIINT via AS1/AS2), phone, fax, email, web – QRS Exchange ensures companies can trade with anyone at any time, through one provider.

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.

About Belk

Belk is the nation's largest privately owned department store organization, with over 200 stores, serving customers in 13 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states.