EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

      THIS EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT ("this  Agreement") is made effective as of the
1st day of April, 2005 (the "Effective Date") by and between ATLANTIC RESEARCH &
CONSULTING,  INC., a Massachusetts corporation with offices at 109 State Street,
Boston, MA 02109 (the "Company") and a subsidiary of FIND/SVP,  INC., a New York
corporation ("FIND"),  and PETER HOOPER, an individual residing at 85 East India
Row, Boston, MA 02110 (the "Executive").

      PREMISES:  The Executive  has served the Company in an executive  capacity
for a  substantial  period of time  prior to the  Effective  Date.  The  Company
desires to  continue  to employ the  Executive,  and in the  capacity  described
herein,  and the Executive desires to continue to be so employed by the Company.
The  Company  and the  Executive  also  desire  to set  forth in  writing  their
understanding of the terms and conditions governing such employment.  Unless the
context  indicates  otherwise,  capitalized  terms used  herein but not  defined
herein  shall  have the  meanings  given to such  terms  in the  Stock  Purchase
Agreement,  dated as of March 14, 2005, by and among FIND and the Executive (the
"Purchase Agreement").

      NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the foregoing and of the following
mutual  promises,  the Company and the Executive,  each intending  legally to be
bound, agree as follows:

      Section  1.  Contract  of  Employment.  Subject to the terms  hereof,  the
Company employs the Executive and the Executive  accepts his employment with the
Company for the Employment  Period (as defined in Section 2 hereof).  During the
Employment Period, the Executive shall serve in and shall occupy the position of
Chairman  of the  Company  and in such  position  shall serve as the most senior
executive  officer of the Company.  In that  capacity the  Executive  shall have
responsibility  for those duties that are  customary to such office and position
and perform, for and on behalf of the Company, all duties as shall, from time to
time,  reasonably  be  determined  by either (i) the Board of  Directors  of the
Company,  (ii) the Chief  Executive  Officer of FIND  ("CEO"),  or (iii) another
officer of FIND (or one of its  subsidiaries)  mutually  agreed to in writing by
Executive and the CEO (the "Other  Officer").  In addition,  Executive shall use
his best efforts  (provided it is commercially  reasonable to do so) to maintain
ongoing  relationships with the Company's key existing and prospective  clients.
Without  limitation  of any of the  foregoing,  Executive  also shall assume and
carry out such other  duties or  responsibilities  as may be, from time to time,
reasonably  assigned or delegated to the  Executive by the Board of Directors of
the Company, the CEO or the Other Officer. In fulfilling the responsibilities of
his position,  the Executive  will observe all lawful  policies,  procedures and
directions that from time to time may be adopted by the Company,  the CEO or the
Other  Officer  and which are  applicable  to the  executive  or  administrative
personnel of the Company generally,  including,  without limitation,  any lawful
policies,  procedures and  directions set forth in the personnel  manuals of the
Company  and FIND (to the  extent  applicable  to the  Company),  as both may be
amended and in effect  from time to time.  In addition to his duties as Chairman
of the Company,  the Executive  shall feel free to give FIND his input on Find's
consolidated  in-depth  research and  competitive  intelligence  operations.  In
connection  therewith,  during the Employment  Period,  the Executive shall be a
member of the Find's Operating Management Group (the "OMG") whose function is to
propose initiatives and supplemental  strategies needed to move Find to the next
level of growth and to apply Find's overall policies and strategies.
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      Section 2. Employment  Period.  The term of the Executive's  employment by
the Company (the  "Employment  Period") shall commence on the Effective Date and
shall continue  until the earliest to occur of: (i) the third (3rd)  anniversary
of the  Effective  Date;  (ii)  termination  of the  Executive's  employment  in
accordance  with Sections  6(a),  6(b) or 6(c) hereof;  or (iii) the date of the
Executive's death.

      Section  3. Time and  Effort;  Disclosure  and Fair  Dealing.  During  the
Employment  Period,  the Executive  shall devote his entire  business time, best
efforts,  attention,  energies, skill and abilities, during usual business hours
and at such other times as are  reasonably  required by his position as Chairman
of the Company,  by the CEO, by the Other Officer,  or by the Board of Directors
of the Company, to (a) diligently and faithfully carry out his  responsibilities
and  duties  hereunder;  (b) use his best  efforts to promote  the  success  and
expansion of the Company's  business,  and (c) cooperate fully with the Board of
Directors of the Company,  the CEO and the Other Officer in the  advancement  of
the best interests of the Company and FIND.  During the Employment  Period,  the
Executive shall carry out his  responsibilities and duties at the offices of the
Company; provided, that Executive may be required to travel from time to time in
connection  with his duties  hereunder  and the  demands of the  business of the
Company,  it being  acknowledged  that the  Executive  shall not be  required to
travel for more than 20% of his business  time in any calendar  year.  Executive
shall not,  without the prior written consent of the CEO or the Other Officer do
anything,  or permit anything to be done at his direction,  that is inconsistent
with his duties to the Company or its  Affiliates or that he knows is opposed to
their best interests.  Executive shall not become an officer, director, employee
or  consultant  of, or  otherwise  become  associated  with or  engaged  in, any
business other than that of the Company;  provided,  that with the prior written
consent of the CEO (which shall not be  unreasonably  withheld),  the  Executive
shall be entitled to serve as (i) on the Board of Directors  of other  companies
(other than  non-public  companies or their  Affiliates),  or (ii) an advisor to
other  businesses,  provided that such  companies and  businesses do not compete
with  the  Company  or its  Affiliates  and such  service  does  not  impede  on
Executive's duties to the Company and its Affiliates hereunder. Any such consent
granted  by the CEO may be  revoked  by the CEO from  time to time  upon the CEO
reasonably  determining that any such service is detrimental to the interests of
the Company or its  Affiliates.  The  Executive  will  promptly  disclose to the
Company's  Board  of  Directors,  the CEO and the  Other  Officer  all  material
information,  opportunities,  developments  and  other  matters  coming  to  the
Executive's  attention that pertain or are relevant to the operations or conduct
of the Company or, to the knowledge of the  Executive,  any of its Affiliates or
to the conduct of their  respective  businesses.  The  Executive  will  promptly
communicate,  fully  cooperate  and deal  fairly and openly  with the  Company's
directors,  other officers or key personnel, and, in general, to the best of his
abilities, the Executive will work to achieve efficient and profitable operation
of the Company's business and the orderly conduct of the Company's affairs.  For
purpose of this  Agreement  "Affiliate"  shall mean (i) as to  Executive  or the
Company,  any party, which directly or indirectly,  whether alone or through one
or more intermediaries,  controls,  is controlled by, or is under common control
with  Executive  or the  Company,  as the case may be, and (ii) as to FIND,  the
subsidiaries and related entities of FIND set forth in its filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange  Commission  pursuant to the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934.


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      Section 4. Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Interference.

            (a)  Protection  of  Nonpublic  Information.  The  Executive  hereby
acknowledges  that (a) during the course of the  Executive's  employment  by the
Company  the  Executive  has  obtained  or  will  obtain  knowledge  of and  use
Confidential Information,  as hereinafter defined, (b) public disclosure of such
Confidential  Information  could have an adverse effect on the Company,  FIND or
their  respective  Affiliates  and  their  respective  businesses;  and  (c) the
provisions of this Section are  reasonable and necessary to prevent the improper
use or disclosure of Confidential Information. Both during the Employment Period
and at all times  thereafter,  the Executive (i) shall treat as confidential all
Confidential  Information,  (ii) without the prior written consent of the CEO or
Other  Officer,  shall  not use  for any  personal  purposes,  publish,  reveal,
divulge,  transfer  or  otherwise  disclose,  or  directly  or  indirectly  make
available  to any  party  any of such  Confidential  Information  except to such
parties  that  either  (a) are  employed  by the  Company,  (b)  have  signed  a
confidentiality agreement with respect to such Confidential Information with the
Company  or  (c)  are  attorneys,  accountants  or  other  professional  service
providers to FIND or the Company and bound by a duty of client  confidentiality,
and such parties have a need for such  information  for purposes that are in the
best interest of the Company,  and (iii) shall not  knowingly  use  Confidential
Information in any way that is detrimental to the interests of the Company, FIND
or their respective Affiliates.  The term "Confidential  Information" shall mean
any and all knowledge relating to the business and affairs of the Company,  FIND
or their respective  Affiliates,  and their  respective trade secrets,  business
methodologies,  financial  information,  customer and personnel  information and
data, creditors,  shareholders,  directors,  contractors,  agents,  consultants,
employees,  terms of contracts,  and other confidential or nonpublic information
pertaining to the business practices,  properties,  services,  products,  ideas,
know-how, improvements and developments of the Company, FIND or their respective
Affiliates, conceived, developed or devised by or for the Company, FIND or their
respective  Affiliates,  that  is or is  intended  by  any  of  them  to be of a
confidential  nature,  including,  but not  limited  to,  any and all  knowledge
relating  to   products,   research,   development,   inventions,   manufacture,
purchasing,    accounting,   finances,   costs,   profit   margins,   marketing,
merchandising,  selling,  customer lists,  customer  requirements and personnel,
pricing,  pricing methods,  computer  programs and software,  databases and data
processing  and any and all other such  knowledge,  information  and  materials,
heretofore or hereafter during the term of this Agreement,  conceived, designed,
created,  used or  developed  by or  relating  to the  Company,  FIND  or  their
respective  Affiliates.  The term  "Confidential  Information" shall include the
aforementioned  items  notwithstanding the fact that such information may or may
not be explicitly marked as confidential and  notwithstanding the fact that such
information could be independently developed by third parties. Nothing contained
in this Section 4(a),  however,  shall be construed as imposing  restraints upon
the  Executive's  use of any  information  which  is or  becomes  made  publicly
available by the Company,  FIND or their respective Affiliates or is or has been
rightfully  obtained by the Executive from persons other than the Company,  FIND
or their  respective  Affiliates  where such persons are under no  obligation of
trust or confidence to the Company,  FIND or its  Affiliates.  In the event that
the Executive is requested or required by subpoena,  civil investigative  demand
or other process to disclose any Confidential  Information,  the Executive shall
promptly  notify  the  Company  so that  the  Company  may  seek an  appropriate
protective order or waive compliance with this Agreement.  If, failing the entry
of a  protective  order,  the  Executive  is,  in the  opinion  of his  counsel,
compelled to disclose Confidential Information,  the Executive may disclose that
portion of the Confidential Information which counsel for the Company advises in
writing he is required to disclose.


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            (b)  Competitive  Restrictions.  During  the  Employment  Period and
during the two (2) year  period  that begins on  termination  of the  Employment
Period,  the Executive shall not,  whether for his account or for the account of
any other  party other than the  Company,  FIND or their  respective  Affiliates
directly or indirectly  engage or have any financial  interest in, own,  manage,
operate,   finance,  control  or  participate  in  the  ownership,   management,
operation,  financing or control of, be employed by,  associated  with or in any
manner connected with, lend the Executive's name to or any similar name to, lend
the Executive's  credit to or render services or advice to, any  organization or
activity which in any manner competes with the Company, FIND or their respective
Affiliates  with respect to their  respective  businesses.  For purposes of this
Section 4(b),  the term "compete"  shall mean with respect to the Company,  FIND
and their  respective  Affiliates:  (i) with  respect to or in  connection  with
conducting  any business of the Company,  FIND or their  respective  Affiliates,
calling  on,  soliciting,  taking away or  accepting  as a client or customer or
attempting to call on, solicit, take away or accept as a client or customer, any
individual,  person,  partnership,  corporation,  association or other entity or
enterprise  that  was a  client  or  customer  of the  Company,  or known by the
Executive to have been a client or customer of FIND or its  Affiliates,  in each
case during the Employment  Period or known by the Executive to be a customer of
the Company, FIND or their respective Affiliates after the Employment Period but
prior to the expiration of the two (2) year period that begins on termination of
the Employment  Period;  (ii) with respect to any business  reason other than in
connection  with  the  businesses  of the  Company,  FIND and  their  respective
Affiliates,  calling on,  soliciting,  taking away,  or accepting as a client or
customer or attempting to call on,  solicit,  take away or accept as a client or
customer, any individual, person, partnership, corporation, association or other
entity or enterprise  that was a client or customer of the Company,  or known by
the  Executive to have been a client or customer of FIND or its  Affiliates,  in
each  case  during  the  Employment  Period  or known by the  Executive  to be a
customer  of  the  Company,  FIND  or  their  respective  Affiliates  after  the
Employment  Period but prior to the  expiration  of the two (2) year period that
begins on termination of the Employment Period; (iii) soliciting, taking away or
attempting to solicit or take away,  employ or otherwise  engage as an employee,
independent  contractor  or  otherwise,  any  person who is an  employee  of the
Company,  FIND or their respective Affiliates or was an employee of the Company,
FIND or their respective  Affiliates during the Employment  Period, on behalf of
any individual, person, partnership, corporation, association or other entity or
enterprise   conducting  a  business  which  is  substantially  similar  to  the
businesses of the Company, FIND or their respective Affiliates; (iv) inducing or
attempting  to induce any  employee  of the  Company,  FIND or their  respective
Affiliates  to  terminate  employment  with the Company;  (v)  entering  into or
attempting to enter into any business  substantially  similar to or competing in
any way with the  business  engaged in or, to the  knowledge  of the  Executive,
planned to be engaged in by the Company,  FIND or their respective Affiliates at
the  time  of the  termination  of the  Executive's  employment  hereunder.  For
purposes of this  Section  4(b),  the  "business"  of any Person  shall mean the
business of such Person as currently  conducted and any other business that such
Person enters into during the  Employment  Period.  For purposes of this Section
4(b), the words "directly or indirectly" as they modify the word "compete" shall
mean (i)  acting as an agent,  representative,  consultant,  officer,  director,
manager,   independent  contractor  or  employee  of  any  individual,   person,
partnership,  corporation,  association,  limited liability corporation, limited
liability  partnership  or other entity or  enterprise  which  competes with the
Company,  FIND  or  their  respective  Affiliates,  or any of  their  respective
businesses,  (ii) participating in any such competing entity or enterprise as an
owner, member, partner, limited partner, joint venturer, creditor or stockholder
(except as a  stockholder  holding  less than a one  percent (1 %) interest in a
corporation  whose  shares  are  actively  traded  on  a  regional  or  national
securities  exchange  or  have  been  registered  under  Section  12(g)  of  the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended); and (iii) communicating to any
such  competing  entity  or  enterprise  the  names or  addresses  or any  other
information  concerning any past,  present or identified  prospective  client or
customer.


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            (c)  Non-Interference.  At any time during the Employment  Period or
the  two (2)  year  period  immediately  thereafter,  the  Executive  shall  not
knowingly  interfere  with  any of  the  Company,  FIND's  or  their  respective
Affiliates'  relationships with any party,  including any party who, at any time
during the Employment Period, was an employee, contractor,  supplier or customer
of any of the Company, FIND or their respective  Affiliates.  At any time during
or after the Employment  Period,  the Executive shall not make public statements
which may reasonably be deemed to negatively impact any of the Company,  FIND or
their respective Affiliates or any of their respective shareholders,  directors,
officers,  employees  or  agents  with  respect  to  the  customers,  suppliers,
products,  personnel or business of any of the Company, FIND or their respective
Affiliates.  For purposes of this Section 4(c),  "interfere"  shall mean acts or
conduct that is reasonably likely to hamper, hinder or disturb the relationships
between the Company,  FIND or their  respective  Affiliates  and any  applicable
party.

            (d) Inventions, etc. Executive will promptly disclose to the Company
and the CEO all designs, processes,  inventions,  improvements,  discoveries and
other  information  related  to  the  business  of  the  Company   (collectively
"developments")  conceived,  developed  or  acquired by him alone or with others
during  the  Employment  Period.  All  such  developments  shall be the sole and
exclusive property of the Company,  and upon request the Executive shall deliver
to the Company all drawings,  models and other data and records relating to such
developments.  In the event any such developments shall be deemed by the Company
or the  CEO to be  patentable  or  copyrightable,  the  Executive  shall,  while
employed,  at the expense of the Company,  assist the Company in  obtaining  any
patents or copyrights  thereon and execute all documents and do all other things
necessary  or proper to obtain  letters  patent and  copyrights  and to vest the
Company with full title thereto.

            (e) Acknowledgments by Executive.  The Executive  acknowledges that:
(a) the services to be performed by him under this  Agreement are for a special,
unique, unusual,  extraordinary and intellectual character;  (b) the business of
the Company,  FIND and their respective Affiliates is national and international
in scope and its products are marketed throughout the United States and in other
countries,  territories  and  possessions;  (c) the  Company  and FIND and their
respective Affiliates compete with other businesses that are or could be located
in any  part of the  United  States  and in  other  countries,  territories  and
possessions;  and (d)  the  provisions  of this  Section  4 are  reasonable  and
necessary to protect the  business of the Company and FIND and their  respective
Affiliates and will not restrict Executive from earning a livelihood.


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            (f) Remedies. The Executive hereby acknowledges that a breach by the
Executive of the provisions of this Section 4 cannot reasonably or adequately be
compensated  in  damages  in an action  at law;  and that a breach of any of the
provisions  contained in this  Section 4 will cause the Company,  FIND and their
respective  Affiliates  irreparable  injury and damage.  By reason thereof,  the
Executive hereby agrees that the Company,  FIND and their respective  Affiliates
shall be  entitled,  in  addition  to any other  remedies it may have under this
Agreement or otherwise,  to preliminary,  temporary and permanent injunctive and
other equitable relief to prevent or curtail any actual or threatened  breach of
this Section 4 by the Executive;  provided,  however,  that no  specification in
this Agreement of a specific  legal or equitable  remedy shall be construed as a
waiver or prohibition  against the pursuing of other legal or equitable remedies
in the event of such a breach.  None of the Company,  FIND and their  respective
Affiliates  shall be required to post bond in  connection  with seeking any such
equitable remedies.

            Section 5. Compensation and Benefits.  The Executive and the Company
agree to the following compensation arrangements:

            (a) Salary.  For the services to be rendered by the Executive and in
consideration  of the Executive's  other  undertakings  in this  Agreement,  the
Company  shall pay to the  Executive a salary at the rate of Two Hundred  Eleven
Thousand  Dollars  ($211,000.00)  per  annum,  which  shall be  payable in equal
periodic installments  according to the Company's normal payroll practices,  but
no less  frequently  than monthly.  If the Employment  Period ends on a day that
precedes the last accounting day of a fiscal or compensation period, any amounts
payable to the Executive  for that period shall be reduced in accordance  with a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of days of the period during
which the  Employment  Period  was in effect  and the  denominator  shall be the
number of days comprising the entirety of such fiscal or compensation period.

            (b) OMG Bonus  Program.  In  addition  to the  Salary  and  benefits
provided hereunder,  Executive shall be entitled to participate in any OMG bonus
incentive plan pursuant to the terms thereof,  as may be adopted or amended from
time to time.

            (c) Expense Reimbursement. The Company shall reimburse the Executive
for  ordinary,  necessary  and  reasonable  expenses  incurred  by  him  in  the
performance  of the  Executive's  duties  hereunder  substantiated  with  proper
invoices,  receipts,  or other supporting  documentation,  including expenses of
travel,  lodging and sustenance while away from home on business of the Company,
provided that such  expenses are incurred and  accounted for in accordance  with
the reasonable policies and procedures  established by the Board of Directors of
the Company,  by the CEO or by the Other  Officer  from time to time.  Executive
shall file expense  reports with respect to such expenses.  Except such expenses
that will be reimbursed by a client or customer of the Company,  Executive shall
not incur expenses in excess of $3,000 in connection with (i) a business trip or
(ii) any other individual or series of related personal expenditures without the
prior written authorization of the CEO or the Other Officer.


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            (d) Benefit  Plans.  During the  Employment  Period,  subject to the
eligibility   and  other   conditions   thereof  and  payment  of  any  required
contributions,  the  Executive  and his  immediate  family  shall be entitled to
participate in all employee  pension or welfare  benefit plans and  arrangements
generally  maintained  for  executive  employees  of FIND  (presently  or in the
future,  and subject to  termination or amendment) and in which the Executive is
or may become  eligible  to  participate  (including,  without  limitation,  any
defined benefit pension plan currently maintained by FIND, group life insurance,
accidental death and  dismemberment  plans, and medical plans).  The Company and
FIND retains the right to terminate, alter, replace or modify benefits under any
medical plans or policies on a non-discriminatory basis from time to time.

            (e) Vacations.  During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be
entitled to five (5) weeks of paid vacation  annually  (subject to prorating for
partial  years),  to be taken at such times as are consistent  with the needs of
the Company and the  convenience  of the  Executive,  plus such other  holidays,
personal  days or  other  days  as may be  determined  in  accordance  with  the
Company's  policies as in effect from time to time. Unused parts of any vacation
and unused  holidays will not be separately  compensable  or otherwise  form the
basis for  additional  compensation  and shall  not be  accumulated  so as to be
available in respect of any subsequent 12-month period.

            (f) Stock Options.  Pursuant to the terms of the FIND/SVP, INC. 2003
Stock  Incentive  Plan, or such other stock  incentive plan of FIND as may be in
effect from time to time (the "Plan") the Executive  shall be granted options to
purchase  up to 25,000  shares of Common  Stock per year during the each year of
the Term (the  "Options")  with such number of shares  granted  being based upon
performance  criteria to be  determined  at the  beginning  of each such year by
FIND. The parties hereto agree that the first year  performance  criteria is set
forth on Exhibit 5(f) hereto.  The terms and  provisions  of the Options and any
other  compensation  paid pursuant to this Section shall be more fully set forth
in stock option agreements and other  appropriate  agreements to be entered into
by the Executive and FIND. The grant of Options shall be subject to the terms of
the Plan and the execution of such agreements. If an amount of shares or Options
under the Plan are not immediately  available for issuance pursuant to the terms
hereof, such shares and options will be issued promptly upon becoming available.
Subject to applicable law, the Options shall be "incentive  stock options" under
the Plan.

            (g) Tax and Other  Withholdings.  The  amounts  payable  under  this
Section 5 or Section 6(d) hereof are subject to all applicable federal and state
income tax, social security and other governmentally mandated withholdings,  and
any   contributions  the  Executive  may  authorize  to  be  withheld  from  his
compensation.


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      Section 6. Termination of Employment.

            (a) For Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive's  employment
and all of the Company's obligations hereunder at any time for Cause, as defined
below.  Such  termination  shall be evidenced by written notice delivered to the
Executive,  unequivocally  stating  the  Company's  decision  to  terminate  the
Executive's employment under this Section 6(a) and specifying the Cause for such
termination.  Such  termination  shall be  effective  on the date stated in such
notice;  provided,  that in no event  shall such  termination  date be more than
sixty  (60) days  after the date that the  notice  is  delivered.  For  purposes
hereof, the term "Cause" shall mean one or more of the following:  (i) the court
appointment  of a conservator or like official for the person or property of the
Executive;  (ii) the Executive's conviction of, or the entering of a guilty plea
or plea of no contest  with  respect to a felony;  (iii) the issuance of a court
order,  judgment  or decree  enjoining  or having the effect of  preventing  the
Executive from performing his duties under this Agreement;  (iv) the Executive's
failure to substantially perform his duties hereunder under the direction of the
CEO or the Other Officer or to adhere to any written  Company  policy  generally
applied (or FIND policy applicable to the Company and generally  applied) if the
Executive has been given a reasonable  opportunity to comply with such duties or
policy or cure his  failure  to comply  (which  reasonable  opportunity  must be
granted by notice no less than twenty (20) business days  preceding  termination
of this  Agreement,  except that if two such prior notices have been received by
Executive for  substantively  the same or related  matter,  no further notice or
cure or compliance  period shall be required),  provided,  that it is understood
that the Company's failure to achieve its business plan or projections shall not
be considered a failure to perform duties hereunder; (v) because of his physical
or mental  illness,  injury,  disability or  incapacity,  the Executive does not
fulfill  his  duties  hereunder  on a  full-time  basis for  either  sixty  (60)
consecutive days or one hundred twenty (120) days in any period of eighteen (18)
months;  (vi)  the  Executive's  commission  of an act of  fraud,  deception  or
dishonesty  when acting for the Company or under other  circumstances,  and such
act  harms or may  reasonably  be  expected  to harm the  Company  or any of its
Affiliates or their respective businesses,  including,  without limitation,  (A)
the   appropriation   (or  attempted   appropriation)  of  a  material  business
opportunity  of the  Company,  including  attempting  to secure or securing  any
personal profit in connection with any transaction entered into on behalf of the
Company and (B) the misappropriation  (or attempted  misappropriation) of any of
the  Company's  funds or property;  (vii) the  Executive's  gross  negligence or
willful  misconduct  in  connection  with his  duties  hereunder;  or (viii) the
Executive's breach of any of the covenants contained in Section 4 hereof.

            (b) For Good Reason.  The  Executive  shall be entitled to terminate
Executive's  employment  and  all  of  his  obligations  hereunder  (except  the
obligations  set forth in (i) Sections 4, 6(d),  6(e) and 7-13) for Good Reason,
as defined  below,  and as of the expiration of a period of twenty (20) business
days  following  the  Executive's  delivery  of a written  notice to the Company
setting forth his election to terminate the Executive's employment hereunder and
specifying  briefly the facts forming the basis for the Executive's  exercise of
his  right  of  termination  pursuant  to this  Section.  For  purposes  of this
Agreement,  "Good  Reason" shall mean (i) any act or omission on the part of the
Company  which  constitutes  a  material  breach of this  Agreement,  unless the
Company ceases, corrects and cures all adverse effects of such breach within the
thirty (30) business day notice period specified in this Section,  if reasonably
curable  during such period,  or if not reasonably  curable in such period,  the
Company commences to cure such breach within such period and thereafter promptly
cures such breach; or (ii) FIND or the Board of Directors of the Company causes,
without the prior  consent of  Executive  (A) a material  adverse  change in the
Executive's  title or  authority,  (B) a  material  reduction  in the duties and
responsibilities of the Executive,  provided that any reassignment of any of the
Executive's  duties or  responsibilities  to another employee of the Company who
reports,  directly  or  indirectly  (through  one  or  more  employees),  to the
Executive  shall not  constitute  Good Reason,  (C) a material  reduction in the
salary or benefits of the  Executive,  or (D) a  relocation  of the  Executive's
principal work location more than twenty (20) miles from Boston, Massachusetts.


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            (c) Other than for Cause.  Subject to Executive's rights pursuant to
Section 6(d) hereof,  the Company shall be entitled to terminate the Executive's
employment and all of the Company's obligations hereunder for any or no reason.

            (d) Compensation and Benefits Following Termination.

            (I) If the Executive's  employment with the Company is terminated by
the Company upon the death of Executive,  for Cause in  accordance  with Section
6(a) hereof or by the Executive  for other than Good Reason in  accordance  with
Section 6(b) hereof,  the Company shall pay the Executive,  without deduction or
set off except for tax,  social  security or other  mandated  withholdings,  the
amounts set forth in subsections (A) and (B) below:

            (A) On or before the executive's payroll date next following the day
on which such termination becomes effective (the "Termination  Date"), an amount
equal to that proportion of the Executive's  salary, at the rate then in effect,
determinable under Section 5(a) hereof, and

            (B) With  reasonable  promptness  following  the  Termination  Date,
reimbursement  for all  expenses  subject to  reimbursement  under  Section 5(c)
hereof.

            (II) If the  Executive's  employment  with the Company is terminated
(a) by the  Company  other  than for Cause  (except  as a result of the death of
Executive),  or (b) by the  Executive  for  Good  Reason,  the  Executive  shall
continue to be provided  his Base Salary for a period that is the greater of one
year and the time remaining in the Employment Period; provided, however, that if
the Company  discovers  that the  Executive  has  violated any part of Section 4
hereof, the Executive shall not be entitled to such payments.

            (III) After  termination of the Employment Period and any additional
period  for which he is being paid or due salary  pursuant  to Section  6(d)(II)
hereof,  Executive  shall be entitled,  at his own cost, to continue any medical
benefits  provided to him during the Employment  Period to the extent  permitted
under the policies and plans of the Company.

            (IV)  Executive  agrees that no  payments  or benefits  shall be due
Executive  after the  Employment  Period under this Section 6 or otherwise  with
respect to this agreement or Executive's  employment with the Company until such
time as Executive  executes before a notary a Release in the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit 6(d)(IV) hereto and delivers an original  counterpart  thereof to the
CEO or the Other Officer.

            (e)  Use  and  Return  of  Materials.  At  the  termination  of  the
Employment  Period,  irrespective  of the  reasons  for  such  termination,  the
Executive  shall return to the CEO or the Other  Officer the  originals  and all
copies of correspondence,  memoranda, papers, files, records and other materials
that may at any time have come into his  possession  and relate to the  business
and affairs of the Company or any of its Affiliates.


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            Section 7. Costs of  Enforcement.  In the event  that  either  party
brings an action to enforce such party's rights under this Agreement,  including
any  provision  of  Section 4 hereof,  any party or parties  prevailing  in such
action  by  judgment  or  order of a court of  competent  jurisdiction  shall be
entitled to recover from the party or parties against whom the order is given or
the judgment is entered all costs and expenses,  including reasonable attorneys'
fees,  incurred by the prevailing  party or parties with respect to such action,
such award of costs and expenses to be determined by the Court.

            Section  8.  Reasonableness  of  Restrictions:   Severability.   The
Executive has carefully  read and considered the provisions of Section 4 hereof,
and agrees  that the  restrictions  set forth in such  Section  are fair and are
reasonably  required  for the  protection  of the  legitimate  interests  of the
Company. In the event that,  notwithstanding the foregoing,  any section of this
Agreement,  or any  other  part  hereof,  shall be held by a court of  competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable,  the remaining  provisions  thereof
and hereof shall nevertheless continue to be valid and enforceable as though the
invalid or unenforceable  parts had not been included therein.  Without limiting
the foregoing,  in the event that any provision of Section 4 hereof  relating to
the time period or the areas of  restriction  (or both) shall be held by a court
of competent  jurisdiction  to exceed the maximum time period or area such court
deems  reasonable and  enforceable,  the time period or areas of restriction (or
both) deemed reasonable and enforceable by the court shall become and thereafter
be the maximum  time period or areas of  restriction  (or both).  The periods of
time  applicable  to any covenant in Section 4 shall be extended by the duration
of any violation by the Executive of such covenant.  The Executive shall,  while
the covenants under Section 4 are in effect, give notice to the Company,  within
ten  days  after  accepting  any  other  employment,  of  the  identity  of  the
Executive's employer. The Company may notify such employer that the Executive is
bound by this  Agreement and, at the Company's  election,  furnish such employer
with a copy of the relevant portions of this Agreement.

            Section 9.  Successors and Assigns.  This  Agreement  shall bind and
inure to the  benefit  of the  successors  and  assigns of the  Company  and the
Executive's  heirs and legal  representatives.  This  Agreement  and the rights,
interest  and  benefits  of the  Executive  shall  not,  however,  be subject to
voluntary or involuntary  assignment,  transfer,  or hypothecation,  directly or
indirectly,  by the Executive or his heirs and legal representatives without the
prior written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company.

            Section 10.  Modification  and Waiver.  No modification or waiver of
any of the  provisions  of this  Agreement,  and no  extension  or renewal of or
substitution  for this  Agreement  shall be binding  upon  either of the parties
hereto  unless made in writing and signed by the  Executive and signed on behalf
of the Company by its duly authorized officer.

            Section 11. Entire  Agreement.  This  Agreement  and the  applicable
provisions of the Purchase Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the
parties hereto with respect to the employment of the Executive and supersede any
and all prior agreements, whether oral or written, concerning such employment.

            Section 12. Notices. All notices and other  communications  provided
in  connection  with  this  Agreement  shall be in  writing  and shall be deemed
effectively  given in all respects (a) when received,  if manually  delivered or
delivered by  overnight  mail  courier;  or (b) at the time of  transmission  if
transmitted by facsimile (with confirmed  receipt) and confirmed in written hard
copy actually delivered prior to the end of the third business day thereafter.


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Notice to the Company shall be addressed to:

            FIND/SVP, INC.
            625 Avenue of the Americas
            New York, New York 10011
            Fax: (212) 255-7632
            Attention:  Chief Executive Officer
      and
            Kane Kessler, P.C.
            1350 Avenue of the Americas
            26th Floor
            New York, New York   10019
            Attn:  Robert L. Lawrence, Esq.
            Fax:   (212) 245-3009

or at such other address or to the attention of such other person as the Company
may designate by written notice to the Executive.

Notices to the Executive shall be addressed to:

           Peter Hooper
           85 East India Row
           Boston, MA  02110

      and
            Company Counsel, LLC
            11 Winthrop Street
            Essex, Massachusetts  01929
            Attn:  Sean D. Abbott, Esq.
            Fax:   (617) 933-1661

or at such  other  address  or to the  attention  of such  other  person  as the
Executive may designate by written notice to the Company and FIND.

      Section 13. Choice of Law; Jurisdiction and Venue. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in  accordance  with the laws of the State of New York
without reference to the choice of law principles  thereof.  The parties further
agree (a) that this Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive  jurisdiction of
the courts of New York County,  New York and the Federal  District Court for the
Southern  District of New York;  (b) that any breach of any term or condition of
this Agreement shall be deemed to be a breach occurring in the State of New York
by virtue of a failure to perform an act  required to be  performed in the State
of New York and irrevocably and expressly agree to submit to the jurisdiction of
the  courts  of the  State of New York and the  Federal  District  Court for the
Southern  District of New York for the purpose of resolving  any disputes  among
the parties relating to this Agreement or the transactions  contemplated hereby;
and (c) to  irrevocably  waive,  to the fullest  extent  permitted  by law,  any
objection  which  they may now or  hereafter  have to the laying of venue of any
suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement,  or any
judgment entered by any court in respect hereof brought in New York County,  New
York or the Federal  District  Court for the  Southern  District of New York and
further  irrevocably waive any claim that any suit, action or proceeding brought
in New York  County,  New York or the Federal  District  Court for the  Southern
District of New York has been brought in an inconvenient forum.


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      Section 14.  Counterparts;  Facsimile  Transmission  This Agreement may be
executed  in one or more  counterparts,  each of which  shall be deemed to be an
original copy of this  Agreement  and of which,  when taken  together,  shall be
deemed  to  constitute  one and the  same  agreement.  Delivery  of an  executed
counterpart  of a  signature  page to  this  Agreement  by  facsimile  shall  be
effective  as delivery of a manually  executed  counterpart  of this  Agreement,
provided,  however, that in each instance an original executed counterpart shall
be promptly delivered to the other party by hand or overnight courier.

      Section 15. Survival. The provisions of Sections 4, 6(d), 6(e) and 7 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.

      Section 16.  Participation of Parties. The parties hereto acknowledge that
this Agreement and all matters  contemplated  herein, have been negotiated among
all parties hereto and their  respective legal counsel and that all such parties
have  participated  in the drafting and  preparation  of this Agreement from the
commencement of negotiations at all times through the execution hereof.

                            (signature page follows)


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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the Company and the Executive have duly executed this
Agreement on or as of the Effective Date.

                              COMPANY:
                              ATLANTIC RESEARCH & CONSULTING, INC.

                              By:/s/ Kelly Basile
                                 --------------------------------
                                     Name: Kelly Basile
                                     Title: President

                              EXECUTIVE:


                              /s/ Peter Hooper
                                 --------------------------------
                              PETER HOOPER

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO
WITH RESPECT TO THE SPECIFIC
PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS
1, 5(b), 5(d) and 5(f):

FIND/SVP, INC.


By: /s/ Peter Stone
    -------------------------------------------
    Name: Peter Stone
    Title: Chief Financial Officer,
           Senior Vice President, Secretary and
           Treasurer