RICHMOND, CA – November 12, 2003 – QRS Corporation (Nasdaq: QRSI) today announced that David B. Cooper, Jr. has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cooper brings over 25 years of experience with both retail and technology companies to QRS, where his responsibilities include leading all of QRS' financial and strategic development functions.

Throughout his career, Mr. Cooper has helped lead companies through significant growth and strategic initiatives. Most recently, Mr. Cooper served as Chief Financial Officer of AvantGo, Inc., a publicly-traded mobile software and data integration company. During his time with AvantGo, Mr. Cooper managed the company's IPO, led the company through rapid growth, and negotiated the sale of AvantGo to Sybase.

Prior to AvantGo, Mr. Cooper was Chief Financial Officer at PowerBar, Inc., a leader in the energy bar market, where he helped to develop and implement the strategic plan for PowerBar's new product offerings, which increased sales by over 30 percent. Over the course of his career, Mr. Cooper has held finance leadership positions with Edison Brothers Stores, Inc., Del Monte Fresh Produce Company, Dole Food Company, Inc., Castle & Cooke Homes, Inc. and Flexi-Van Corporation.

"David's financial acumen combined with his experience in financial management, strategic planning and business development at publicly traded technology and retail companies make him an ideal fit for QRS as we move into a new phase for the Company," said Liz Fetter, President and CEO of QRS. "David has led teams within public companies that, like QRS, were executing on growth strategies, and his leadership will be key to our future success."

"I am pleased to be joining QRS and look forward to guiding the company as we implement our growth strategy," said Mr. Cooper. "QRS has a strong foundation in place on which we will build our future, and I look forward to playing an active role in leading the company's finance team while successfully executing our growth plans."

Jack Parsons, who has served as QRS' Chief Financial Officer for approximately two years, will be leaving the Company. Mr. Parsons plans to pursue his professional goal of running his own business. Mr. Parsons will assist Mr. Cooper with the transition to ensure continuity.

"As a key member of QRS' executive leadership team, Jack Parsons has had an integral role in returning the company to profitability and positioning us for the growth phase of our strategy," continued Fetter. "Jack leaves QRS having significantly enhanced our external reporting and communication with investors as well as having built a strong financial team focused on business process improvements. We thank Jack for his contributions to QRS over the past two years and wish him all the best as he pursues his next venture. I look forward to a successful transition, thanks to the support and assistance Jack is providing."

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.