Target expands next-day delivery to 35+ U.S. metros with later cutoffs

Target says it is expanding next-day delivery across its network to roughly 35 metropolitan areas, with active rollouts including Las Vegas the week of March 2, 2026 and Charleston, N.C. slated next, company materials and industry coverage show. The retailer’s corporate release headline read “Target Expands Next-Day Delivery Across the U.S.,” and the company reiterated that most items eligible for shipping at Target will be eligible for next-day service, while shoppers should check product detail pages or the cart and checkout page for item-level eligibility and order-by times.

Target’s pricing framework is explicit in the corporate text. Next-day delivery is free for orders above $35, and the release says next-day is free with no minimum for Target Circle 360 members or when customers use a Target Circle Card. For all other orders, next-day delivery is available for $5.99. A LinkedIn post summarizing a 9/16 announcement reproduced the same pricing detail and added that the retailer planned to grow next-day markets to 35 by October and add 20 more markets in 2026.

The company is leaning on routing and forecasting technology to enable later order cutoffs in some markets, SupplyChainDive’s write-up of a company Q&A reported. Some next-day markets now have order cutoffs as late as 6 p.m., a capability credited to advances in routing and forecasting. Gretchen McCarthy, EVP and chief supply chain and logistics officer, said in the Q&A that “Results so far show that we’re almost a full day faster with shipping and we’ve been able to offer next-day delivery on five times more of the local shipping demand.”

Those speed gains follow deliberate changes to fulfillment patterns. SupplyChainDive noted that brick-and-mortar stores will continue to fulfill the majority of online orders, but that fulfillment adjustments mean some stores will take on added shipping volume, some will see fewer shipments, and some will take none. InboundLogistics reported an example of consolidation, saying Target cut back the number of stores handling shipping from 18 down to six and that the company saw delivery times shrink and costs come down.

Industry context positions next-day as a middle ground between the company’s Shipt same-day network and its two-day service. InboundLogistics pointed out that Shipt already covers 80 percent of U.S. households while two-day service “reaches nearly everyone,” and that next-day fills an important gap between the two. USA Today and other coverage reference a Sept. 16 announcement that described next-day availability for a large share of items in 35 new metros; the company and trade press indicate the program is rolling into new markets through early March 2026 and that additional markets are planned into 2026.

For store leaders and supply chain teams, the shift means altered pickup windows and likely changes to store pick-and-ship schedules where next-day is active. Target’s corporate release and industry reporting together show the retailer emphasizing later cutoffs and tighter routing to expand coverage while keeping per-order fees minimal for higher-value or loyalty-driven transactions.