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Lowe’s partnership with OneRail expands same-day delivery nationwide

Eligible orders placed before 2 p.m. will arrive that day, Lowe’s says

Mark Solomon
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Lowe's expands same-day delivery with OneRail's help (Photo: Lowe's)

Home improvement retail giant Lowe’s Cos. Inc. (NYSE: LOW) said Wednesday that it has expanded its same-day delivery service nationwide for online orders in partnership with OneRail, an omnichannel fulfillment company.

Eligible orders placed by 2 p.m. local time will be delivered the same day, and orders placed after 2 p.m. will be delivered the next day, the Mooresville, North Carolina-based retailer said. Lowe’s 1,700 stores will serve as online fulfillment and delivery resources for the service.

The service is being enabled by Orlando, Florida-based OneRail’s OmniPoint software platform and network of 12 million drivers, OneRail said in the Lowe’s statement.

“The same-day delivery expansion delivers on our ‘TotalHome’ strategy to bring more omnichannel shopping capabilities to DIYers and pros alike,” said Marvin Ellison, Lowe’s chairman and CEO, in a statement.


Lowe’s began piloting same-day delivery with OneRail last year in select markets.

Using its software and driver network, OneRail matches vehicles and deliveries to help brands lower expenses and increase capacity to rapidly scale their business, the statement said.

Mark Solomon

Formerly the Executive Editor at DC Velocity, Mark Solomon joined FreightWaves as Managing Editor of Freight Markets. Solomon began his journalistic career in 1982 at Traffic World magazine, ran his own public relations firm (Media Based Solutions) from 1994 to 2008, and has been at DC Velocity since then. Over the course of his career, Solomon has covered nearly the whole gamut of the transportation and logistics industry, including trucking, railroads, maritime, 3PLs, and regulatory issues. Solomon witnessed and narrated the rise of Amazon and XPO Logistics and the shift of the U.S. Postal Service from a mail-focused service to parcel, as well as the exponential, e-commerce-driven growth of warehouse square footage and omnichannel fulfillment.