Take a look down any neighborhood street, and you’re sure to find a bounty of cardboard boxes nestled by front doors, holding the fruits of online purchases that took only a click or swipe to make. It’s a system that got so many of us through the pandemic. All the toys, athleisure, cleaning products, and cooking gear we needed right this minute made their way to us courtesy of Amazon and so many other online purveyors. But there’s a major problem that you’ve surely encountered in your online shopping: It’s really hard to find country-of-origin information for the vast majority of goods sold online. And that’s not because your Internet sleuthing skills need a brush-up.
