BERLIN (AP).- Werner Otto, the founder of the mail-order company that bears his name and a prominent figure in West Germany’s post-World War II economic resurgence, has died. He was 102. The company, Otto Group, said Tuesday that he died in Berlin on Dec. 21 in the presence of his family. Otto opened a shoe factory in Hamburg in 1945, but it didn’t last long in the face of tough competition from southern Germany. So in 1949, with four employees, he turned to selling shoes by mail order — the start of what became Otto Group, which now employs 50,000 people and has annual revenues of €11.4 billion ($14.9 billion). Its first, hand-produced, catalog appeared in 1950, offering 28 styles of shoes. The business then grew rapidly during the 1950s, expanding its range and establishing itself with the help of shoppers from outside major cities who didn’t have ready access to stores; in 1963, Otto