GERS Retail Systems Announces New Senior Vice President of Sales 
Experienced Industry Professional to Lead Accelerated Growth Across Product Portfolio
 
SAN DIEGO, CA, October 13, 2005 -- GERS Retail Systems, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions, today announced the hiring of Bob Tuttle as Senior Vice President of Sales.

Bob is responsible for accelerating GERS revenue growth across the Company's product portfolio. He is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of sales and management experience in enterprise solutions and retail. Bob came to GERS from IBM where he worked to help define IBM's retail industry solution offerings within the Solution Leadership Initiative. Prior to IBM, Bob served in several senior sales leadership roles with Retek; before that he held sales leadership positions at enterprise software companies PeopleSoft and Lawson Software.
 
"The caliber of Bob's experience is not only outstanding, but a terrific fit for our company and its high-growth retailing solutions," said Stewart M. Bloom, President and CEO of GERS Retail Systems. "I am looking forward to working with him as we move GERS to the next tier of technology leaders in the retail industry."

About GERS Retail Systems

GERS Retail Systems is a leading supplier of software solutions for consumer-centric retailing. By facilitating the real-time flow of transactions and information across the entire retail organization, our solutions enable retailers to consistently anticipate, understand, and fulfill their customers' expectations for products that are priced, located, and timed to provide the optimal shopping experience. GERS solutions manage the merchandising life cycle, multi-channel selling, planning, business intelligence, and supply chain synchronization to create a great customer experience. For more information, please visit www.gers.com.

Contact:

     GERS Retail Systems
     Laura Weinhofer, 800-854-2263, ext. 2176
     lweinhofer@gers.com