Amazon purchased the Whole Foods Market supermarket chain in 2017.[41] It is the leading e-retailer in the United States with approximately US$178 billion net sales in 2017. It has over 300 million active customer accounts globally.[42] Amazon saw large growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, hiring more than 100,000 staff in the United States and Canada.[43] Some Amazon workers in the US, France, and Italy protested the company's decision to "run normal shifts" due to COVID-19's ease of spread in warehouses.[44][45] In Spain, the company faced legal complaints over its policies,[46] while a group of US Senators wrote an open letter to Bezos expressing concerns about workplace safety.[47] On February 2, 2021, Bezos announced that he would step down as CEO to become executive chair of Amazon's board. The transition officially took place on July 5, 2021, with former CEO of AWS Andy Jassy replacing him as CEO.[48][49] In January 2023, Amazon cut over 18,000 jobs, primarily in consumer retail and its human resources division in an attempt to cut costs.[50] On November 8, 2023, a plan was adopted for Jeff Bezos to sell approximately 50 million shares of the company over the next year (the deadline for the entire sales plan is January 31, 2025). The first step was the sale of 12 million shares for about $

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