By bne IntelliNews Online retailers in Central and Southeast Europe got a strong boost from the pandemic, but that proved to be short-lived. Once shops reopened and the risk of infection diminished shoppers went back to bricks and mortar stores; online retailers are now doing better than in 2019, but not nearly as well as during the height of the pandemic. On top of that they now face a squeeze on consumer spending from the sharply rising cost of living. That has led to a series of announcements by the leading online retailers from the region reporting declines in profits or warning that tough…