8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT


                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2001


                            THE PROFIT RECOVERY GROUP
                               INTERNATIONAL, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

                        Commission File Number 000-28000

            Georgia                                    58-2213805
(State or other jurisdiction of               (IRS Employer Identification
         incorporation)                                   No.)




         2300 Windy Ridge Parkway
             Suite 100 North
             Atlanta, Georgia                               30339-8426
 (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)



        Registrant's telephone number including area code (770) 779-3900





          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
                                       N/A




ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

     Reference  is  hereby  made  to  the  Registrant's  Form  S-8  Registration
Statements (Nos. 333-64125,  333-61578,  333-30885 and 333-08707) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on September 23, 1998, May
24, 2001, July 8, 1997 and July 24, 1996, respectively.

     The  Registrant  is  filing  this  Current  Report  on Form 8-K to file the
Independent   Auditors'  Consent  for  the  inclusion  in  the  above-referenced
Registration  Statements of the accountants'  report dated July 26, 2001, except
as to Note 16 which is as of September  5, 2001,  with respect to their audit of
the financial  statements  of Howard  Schultz & Associates  International,  Inc.
contained  in  the  Registrant's  Definitive  Proxy  Statement  filed  with  the
Commission on December 19, 2001. The Independent  Auditors' Consent is set forth
in Exhibit 23.1 hereto.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

     (a) Financial Statements.

         Not applicable.

     (b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

         Not applicable.

     (c) Exhibits.

         Exhibit
         Number            Description
         -------           -----------
         23.1              Consent of KPMG LLP.






                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   THE PROFIT RECOVERY GROUP
                                   INTERNATIONAL, INC.



Date:  December 26, 2001           By: /s/  Donald E. Ellis, Jr.
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                      Donald E. Ellis, Jr., Executive
                                      Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial
                                      Officer and Treasurer






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EX-23.1

                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                          Independent Auditors' Consent



The Board of Directors
Howard Schultz & Associates International, Inc.


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Nos. 333-64125,  333-61578,  333-30885 and 333-08707) on Form S-8 of The Profit
Recovery  Group  International,  Inc.  of our  report  (included  in The  Profit
Recovery  Group  International,  Inc.'s  Definitive  Proxy  Statement  filed  on
December  19,  2001)  dated July 26,  2001,  except as to note 16 which is as of
September 5, 2001,  relating to the combined  balance sheets of Howard Schultz &
Associates  International,  Inc.,  as of  December  31,  2000 and 1999,  and the
related combined statements of operations,  stockholders' equity, and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000.



                                    KPMG LLP



Dallas, Texas
December 21, 2001



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