The publishers of The International Journal of Logistics Management wish to retract the article; Butt AS (2021), “Strategies to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on supply chain disruptions: a multiple case analysis of buyers and distributors”. The International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-11-2020-0455. It has come to our attention that large portions of this article are taken, without attribution or disclosure, from an earlier article: Butt, A.S. (2021), “Understanding the implications of pandemic outbreaks on supply chains: an exploratory study of the effects caused by the COVID-19 across four South Asian countries and steps taken by firms to address the disruptions”, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPDLM-08-2020-0281. The International Journal of Logistics Management submission guidelines make it clear that articles must be original and must not infringe any existing copyright. The author would like to note that they agree with the retraction and that any wrongdoing was unintentional. The publishers of the journal and the author sincerely apologize to the readers.
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