same-day delivery
FedEx’s Same-Day Delivery Rollout is More About Optionality than Speed
The logistics giant taps OneRail to scale two-hour and end-of-day delivery to retail customers enabling…
Walmart ‘Averaging Under an Hour’ for Express Delivery
According to new CEO John Furner, "a large number" of e-commerce orders are now delivered in less than 30…
USPS Invites Retailers and Carriers to Bid for Same-Day, Next-Day Delivery Access
Under Postmaster General David Steiner, the agency plans to open its last-mile delivery network to outside…
Same-Day Delivery Arms Race Escalates as DoorDash, Uber Court Retailers
Pacsun joins a growing roster of brands turning to DoorDash, while Uber Direct opens fast-delivery…
Walmart’s Next CEO: Sub-One-Hour Delivery ‘Our Fastest Growth Channel’
CEO-in-Waiting John Furner attributed the biggest boost in Walmart+ subscription signups to the retail…
Blue Jay Takes Flight: Amazon Trials New Robotics Fleet for Faster Fulfillment
The e-commerce giant is expanding its automation arsenal with next-gen robotics and agentic AI aimed at…
Amazon Pours $4B into Rural Delivery Network to Accelerate Same-Day Reach
The e-comm giant eyes 4,000 smaller communities by end of 2025 with expanded last-mile hubs and machine…
Target and TJX Take Diverging Paths Through Tariff Turbulence—Speed vs. Flexibility
The mass merchant expects more difficulty navigating tariffs than its off-price counterpart, which directly…
Target Same-Day Deliveries Grew More Than 25% in Q4
Average delivery times were 11 percent faster throughout 2024, even as Target's fulfillment network is…
Dollar General Tests Same-Day Delivery in 75 Stores, Could Expand to ‘Thousands’
Same-day delivery could help DG better compete with Walmart, which has seen its own delivery capabilities…
Amazon Officially Launches Drones in Phoenix Metro Area
After closing one of its original Prime Air sites in California earlier this year, Amazon has prioritized a…
Amazon’s Discontinued Same-Day Delivery Service ‘An Unnecessary Offshoot’
The tech titan is sunsetting a same-day delivery program that enabled customers to order directly from stores…
Target to Open Detroit Sortation Center to Amp Delivery Capabilities
The new sortation center will be the superstore player's 11th in the United States.
Target’s Sortation Centers Cut Delivery Times by a Full Day
The mass merchant's unit delivery costs from a sortation center are about 20 percent lower than the company's…
Amazon Makes Rural Delivery Push, Applying More Pressure to USPS
An Amazon spokesperson said rural delivery stations help cut delivery times by 50 percent for customers in…