RICHMOND, CA – May 19, 2004 – QRS Corporation (Nasdaq: QRSI) today announced that Boscov's, the country's largest family-owned chain of department stores, has signed a contract renewal to continue to use QRS Catalogue™ and QRS Exchange™ to meet its data synchronization needs, including electronic data interchange (EDI), outsourced data translation, web-based access for smaller vendors and supply chain collaboration needs.

A QRS customer for more than five years, Boscov's will continue to entrust QRS with EDI outsourcing and communication needs for all of its full-service department stores. In addition, Boscov's will use QRS Compliance Link™ for the ongoing management of its substantial network of trading partners. QRS Compliance Link allows Boscov's to automate and streamline the community enablement process with an Internet-based solution that allows the company's suppliers to perform their own transaction testing and compliance evaluation.

"Boscov's chose to renew its contract based on QRS' strong retail expertise and its vision for future collaborative commerce offerings, which can help drive improved supply chain efficiencies for our company," said Harry Roberts, senior vice president, chief information officer of Boscov's. "Over the past five years, QRS has been a great partner in our commitment to offer unsurpassed data integrity and synchronization to our network of trading partners."

"We are pleased to provide Boscov's, a longtime QRS customer, with proven solutions and support services to improve global brand execution," said Liz Fetter, QRS President and CEO. "QRS solutions enable Boscov's to continue to communicate with its trading partners with the high standards of quality they expect, and we're pleased that the company has validated our plans for future collaborative offerings."

About QRS Catalogue™

QRS Catalogue is the North American retail industry's leading product data synchronization application. With over 100 million unique items, QRS Catalogue enables more than 3,500* marketers, manufacturers, suppliers and retailers to share the latest product information with 550 total product attributes including price, style, color and size. QRS Catalogue offers a complete solution for item setup and synchronization, and supports the latest EAN.UCC System global standards initiatives. QRS is a UCC-certified Solution Partner for UCCnet™ services. By automating business processes such as item setup and maintenance 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 Compliance Link™

QRS Compliance Link is a web-based tool for automating trading partner enablement from transaction testing and standards compliance to ongoing program management.

About QRS

QRS (Nasdaq: QRSI) is a technology company that serves the global retail trading community. We offer collaborative commerce solutions that drive a new standard for global brand execution. At QRS, we manage the flow of critical commerce information and leverage our retail technology expertise to address fundamental industry challenges such as global data synchronization, mandate compliance, transaction outsourcing and global trade management. QRS solutions help over 10,000* customers expand into new markets and channels, improve operational efficiency and differentiate their brand.

*Based on total, unique QRS corporate customers that purchased or licensed QRS products and services between January and December 2003.

About Boscov's

From a single small store in Reading, Penn. over 75 years ago, Boscov's Department Stores has grown into the largest family-owned department store chain in the country. Privately held, the chain operates 41 full-service department stores in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Maryland. The stores stock a full-range of brand-name merchandise from fashion for men, women and children to a complete line of home furnishings and appliances. Merchandise runs from popular-priced to high-end. The company has about 10,000 full- and part-time employees, excluding seasonal help. For more information, visit www.boscovs.com.