Exhibit 99.1

CONTACT:Pete Papano
Chief Financial Officer
PHONE: (510) 215-3958
EMAIL: ppapano@qrs.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

QRS ACQUIRES DATA MANAGEMENT FIRM IN THE GROCERY INDUSTRY

JULY 26, 1999 - RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA: QRS Corporation (QRS) announced today that
it has acquired Retail Data Services, Inc. (RDS), a provider of competitive
pricing information primarily to grocery retailers. The acquisition solidifies
QRS's position as a leading provider of data management and e-commerce solutions
throughout the retail demand chain.

John Simon, CEO of QRS, noted, "The acquisition of RDS allows us to further
extend our reach into the grocery retail segment, giving us a new value-added
service and set of customers that QRS can use to expand our electronic commerce
services across all major retail sectors. We are looking forward to adding RDS'
customers and associates to QRS."

Founded in 1988, RDS serves 117 customers including Wal-Mart, Kroger and Safeway
and e-grocers Grocery Express and Homegrocers. Christine Cottrell, founder and
CEO of RDS commented, "We are looking forward to becoming part of the QRS
organization. QRS's expertise and resources will allow us to better serve our
customers as well as provide even more value-added services to existing and
future customers."

With the acquisition of RDS, QRS can now boast a client portfolio that contains
22 of the top 25 grocery, department store and mass merchant retailers. RDS also
adds 1.9 million Universal Product Codes (U.P.C.'s) to QRS's product catalog,
bringing QRS's total U.P.C. offering to 73.2 million, the largest in the retail
industry. The transaction is expected to enhance QRS's current recurring revenue
stream and to be non-dilutive to earnings.

Retail Data Services is a national market research and data management firm
dedicated to the collection, verification and analysis of competitive retail
pricing, promotion and distribution information. The company's primary services
include the in-store collection of retail prices, scan price verification and
pricing data analysis. The company is headquartered in Richmond, VA and employs
approximately 100 full-time and 400 part-time employees.

QRS Corporation is a leading provider of merchandise and logistics solutions
throughout the retail demand chain. QRS works with its customers and partners to
facilitate and optimize the flow of information, goods and services throughout
the retail industry. The Company's products include QRS Keystone, the industry's
largest U.P.C. database; QRS Catalyst, sales analysis services; QRS Mariner,
inventory replenishment services; QRS Horizon, sales forecasting services; QRS
Concourse, connectivity services; QRS Alliance and QRS Quickstep, electronic
commerce enabling services; Internet services and transportation services
including QRS Logistics Management Services. The Company is traded on NASDAQ
under the symbol QRSI.

The foregoing statements contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set
forth above include, without limitation, integration risks relating to the
acquisition and the risk that the anticipated benefits of the acquisition will
not be realized, intense competition in the electronic commerce business, the
Company's dependence on key retailers, the Company's ability to timely and
successfully introduce new products and services, the Company's dependence on
the AT&T/IBM Global Network, and other risks that are described in documents
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including
the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q.