RICHMOND, CA March 19, 2002 QRS Corporation (Nasdaq: QRSI), a market leader in supply chain technology for the retail industry, announced today that Groupe Clarins USA Inc. (Nasdaq:CRASY; Euronext Paris: CLR), a subsidiary of the Groupe Clarins SA, a worldwide leader in the manufacture and distribution of prestige skin care products, signed an exclusive contract for QRS Exchange solutions.

Groupe Clarins USA has selected QRS Exchange, a comprehensive, interoperable suite of communications technology solutions, to enable all electronic transactions with its trading partners. With this technology, Clarins expects to see marked improvement in planning and processing of orders, increased revenue through the reduction of cycle times and staffing, and more efficient monitoring of the workflow process.

QRS Exchange solutions feature the components necessary to better integrate business processes and improve customers` competitive edge by enabling them to communicate electronically with all of their trading communities. Whether hosted, IP-based or fully managed, QRS Exchange solutions including Internet Transaction Exchange, Enterprise Business Exchange, Data Exchange, Web Forms and Managed EC — support the largest retail trading community, enabling more than 300,000 trading relationships each year.

About Clarins USA, Inc.

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The Clarins Group is made up of 19 subsidiaries across 150 countries with more than 4800 employees and an annual turnover of approximately 6 billion French francs (875 M). For any information, please visit our financial website: www.clarins.com.

About QRS

QRS is a market leader in supply chain technology for the retail industry. Since 1988, QRS has led the way in building collaborative commerce relationships through its software applications, trading community management tools and global services. QRS` full suite of proven, scalable technology solutions enable our customers to streamline their supply chain processes and collaborate in real-time with their trading partners to achieve superior profit, maximum efficiency and competitive advantage. Learn more about QRS Corporation at www.qrs.com.

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This release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and the future financial performance of QRS Corporation that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by QRS Corporation with the SEC, specifically the most recent reports on Form 10-K, 8-K, and 10-Q, each as it may be amended from time to time, which identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including risks associated with general economic conditions; specific conditions in the retail industry; competition; changes in our senior management; rapid technological change in our industry; dependence upon key customers and their trading partners; ability to introduce and market acceptance of new products and services; the ability to successfully integrate and manage acquired businesses and technologies; and dependence upon IBM for e-commerce services, among others. QRS assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this news release. –

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2002 QRS Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

CONTACT:
KT Rabin
QRS Corporation
510-965-4441
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