June 15, 2026

A 40-year-old brand most American shoppers have heard of just ran out of road. On Friday, June 12, Sleep Number filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, listed $1.3 billion in debt, and signed a deal to merge with Sleep Country Canada in a court-supervised sale. The company that built a category around the adjustable, “what’s your […]

Welcome to today’s Paradise Report. This is your Monday read on what small ecommerce founders and location-independent entrepreneurs actually need to know across ecommerce, AI, and the lifestyle beat. No fluff, no hot takes for the sake of it, just the moves that change what you do this week on your store and in your

Harbor Compliance is a genuinely good business formation and compliance service, but it is built for a specific buyer: the operator running multiple entities across multiple states, or a business in a regulated industry like healthcare, construction, or nonprofits. If that is not you, you are probably looking at Harbor Compliance and wondering why the

Most people who talk about high-ticket dropshipping niches are still focused on $1,000 to $2,000 average order values. That approach worked well a few years ago. In 2026, with Google Merchant Center suspending almost every new store before it ever runs a single ad, the model needs to evolve. The operators who are figuring out

Air freight rates out of China are climbing again, and this one lands on your margins whether you ship a single SKU from overseas or not. Spot prices on the busiest Asia lanes have jumped by double digits over the past few weeks, and some routes are running as much as 75 percent higher than