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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. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] In Spain, the company faced legal complaints over its policies, [ 39 ] while a group of US Senators wrote an open letter to Bezos expressing concerns about workplace safety.
After months of speculation due to MGM's poor financial performance from the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the movie industry, Amazon entered negotiations to acquire MGM at an estimated $9 billion on May 17, 2021. [63] The companies agreed to the merger deal on May 26, 2021, for a total value of $8.45 billion, subject to regulatory approval.
In October of that year, Amazon was recognized as the largest online shopping retailer in the world. [69] Bezos in 2010. In May 2016, Bezos sold slightly more than one million shares of his holdings in the company for $671 million, the largest sum he had ever raised from selling some of his Amazon stock. [70]
In May 2021, Prime Day was postponed indefinitely in Canada due to COVID-19. [ 128 ] In 2022, building on the delayed October 2020 version, Amazon launched a second annual Prime-exclusive sales event in October, initially called the Prime Early Access Sale, and then renamed Prime Big Deal Days in 2023. [ 129 ]
Retail sales volumes started to rebound with an increase of 12.0% when compared with the falls experienced in the previous month, but sales were still down by 13.1% on February before the impact of the pandemic. [99] Debenhams cuts more than 1000 head office jobs [100] Shop closures due to coronavirus lockdown push British Land to £1.1bn ...
The first confirmed human case in the United States was on 19 January 2020. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and first referred to it as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. [3] [4] The WHO ended the PHEIC on 5 May 2023. [5]
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On 1 June, Primary schools in England reopened to some reception (4–5 years), year 1 (5–6 years) and year 6 (10–11 years) pupils with social distancing measures in place. [ citation needed ] On 2 June the House of Commons was recalled for an earlier sitting to debate and vote on how to proceed with divisions , due to the pandemic.