Target is broadening access to next-day delivery for online shoppers as the retailer continues investing in faster fulfillment capabilities.
The company said that by the end of spring 2026, next-day delivery will be available to 60% of the U.S. population, with customers in more than 50 major metro areas able to receive eligible online purchases the following day.
According to Target, most items available for shipping qualify for next-day delivery, including hundreds of thousands of products and roughly 85% of items sold in stores. Customers can check eligibility and order cut-off times on product pages, as well as during checkout.
The service is free on orders over $35, while members of the Target 360 paid membership program and Target Circle credit card holders receive next-day delivery with no minimum spend requirement.
Target said it already offers same-day delivery coverage to 80% of the U.S. population, often within two to three hours, while two-day shipping reaches 99% of consumers nationwide.
The latest rollout builds on an earlier expansion announced in October 2025, when next-day delivery was extended to more than 35 leading metro areas, covering over half of the U.S. population.
At the time, the retailer said additional cities planned for 2026 included Orlando, San Diego, St. Louis and Charlotte, North Carolina.
Target has also been strengthening its supply chain network to support quicker delivery times. In November 2025, the retailer opened a Cleveland-area sortation center designed to improve next-day order fulfillment.
The facility operates as part of a three-year pilot in which last-mile delivery is handled exclusively through Shipt, the retailer’s wholly owned delivery subsidiary.
Target first tested its sortation center concept in Minneapolis in 2021 as a way to streamline online order fulfillment and remove sorting operations from store backrooms.
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More recently, the retailer launched its first “receive center” in Houston in April 2026. The $265 million site receives products directly from global suppliers and stores inventory until it is needed elsewhere in the network, helping replenish stock faster and at lower cost.
As Target increases its focus on next-day delivery, competitors are accelerating efforts to shorten fulfillment windows even further.
Amazon is continuing to scale Amazon Now, its rapid delivery service promising thousands of items — including groceries, household goods and consumer electronics, in around 30 minutes or less.
The service is currently available in dozens of U.S. cities and is expected to expand significantly by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, Walmart is expanding its drone delivery operations, with plans to operate more than 270 drone delivery hubs by 2027.
The retailer said the network will stretch from Los Angeles to Miami and serve approximately 40 million U.S. consumers.
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