EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Stockholders of
CDI Group, Inc. and Subsidiary:
 
    We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
Number 333-41281 on Form S-4 of CDI Group, Inc. and Subsidiary of our report
dated September 28, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of CDI
Group, Inc. and Subsidiary at July 26, 1997 and July 25, 1998, and the related
statements of income, cash flows, and stockholders' equity (deficit) for each of
the years in the three-year period ended July 25, 1998, which report appears in
the July 25, 1998 annual report on Form 10-K of CDI Group, Inc. and Subsidiary,
and to our report dated September 28, 1998 on the related financial statement
schedule, which report appears in the July 25, 1998 annual report on Form 10-K
of CDI Group, Inc. and Subsidiary.
 
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                                          PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 
Florham Park, New Jersey
October 22, 1998

                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
    Our report on the consolidated financial statements of CDI Group, Inc. and
Subsidiary is included on page 43 on this Form 10-K. In connection with our
audits of such financial statements, we have also audited the related financial
statement schedule listed in the index on page 42 of this form 10-K.
 
    In our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when
considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be
included therein.
 
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                                          PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 
Florham Park, New Jersey
September 28, 1998