Exhibit 23.3


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

    
          We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1
     to Registration Statement No. 333-35559 of Corporate Express, Inc. on Form
     S-4 of our reports dated February 6, 1997, appearing in the Annual Report
     on Form 10-K of Data Documents Incorporated for the year ended December 31,
     1996, and to the references to us under the headings "Selected Financial
     Data" and "Experts" in this Prospectus, which is part of this Registration
     Statement.     


     /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
     DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
     Omaha, Nebraska
    
     October 14, 1997