FedEx launches same-day delivery with OneRail as Amazon, Walmart boost their speeds

In this article FDX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A worker unloads packages from a FedEx truck on Cyber Monday in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. Bess Adler | Bloomberg | Getty Images FedEx is launching a same-day shipping program with last-mile delivery company OneRail, just after Amazon announced it will start offering quicker shipping times, CNBC has learned exclusively. The new partnership means customers now have a definite "by end-of-day offering," according to Jason Brenner, FedEx's senior vice president of digital. "Our value prop is about speed, reliability and visibility, and we're always trying to push the envelope on that value prop," Brenner told CNBC. FedEx is the latest company to join retailers' race to offer the quickest delivery and highest convenience for consumers. Amazon announced last week that it is rolling out delivery windows of just one-to-three hours, and retailers like Walmart and Target have begun offering express delivery options as well — in part to keep up with the dominance of Amazon's Prime service in recent years. OneRail, a last-mile delivery software company, uses artificial intelligence to optimize delivery, routing and tracking for retailers' deliveries. The company said it covers nearly 99% of the U.S. and has a network of more than 1,000 delivery drivers, providing 80,000 30-minute or less deliveries per day. With the new partnership, FedEx will be able to use OneRail's technology to allow retailers to offer same-day shipping, in part by utilizing the retailer's store network. Customers will be able to choose more precise delivery windows, including two-hour and end-of-day service, in addition to near real-time tracking. "We're excited to partner with FedEx," OneRail CEO Bill Catania told CNBC. "It unlocks even more capabilities for the retailer, which really lets them own their customer and their data. Now, they have another option, and on the piggyback of the announcement from Amazon earlier this we...