The group's principal activity is to provide electronic commerce merchandising and logistics solutions. the services include catalog services, network services, inventory management services, logistics management services and professional services. the group's solutions optimize customers' performance throughout the retail demand chain. retailers and vendors can access the catalog and electronically exchange industry standard business documents using qrs concourse. the group's operations are conducted in the united states. trading community services accounted for 57% of 2001 revenues; Application services, 27% and global services, 16%.