In a bid to keep 425 Sears stores open, chairman Eddie Lampert submitted a $4.4 billion bid on Friday.<br />The bid could save Sears from closing its doors and keep up to 50,000 of its 68,000 workers employed.<br />Lampert has blamed the company's decline partially on the media, changes in consumer spending, and the rise of online shopping.<br />However, analysts and critics say the company's demise is the result of years of underinvestment in stores. <br />
