Today’s Top Talk

1. U.K. retailer WH Smith made its second push into the U.S. airport retail space with a $400 million deal to buy travel retailer Marshall Retail Group. Reporting by William Sprouse
2. Saks Fifth Avenue parent Hudson’s Bay Co (HBC.TO) said on Monday it has agreed to a sweetened offer from a shareholder group led by Executive Chairman Richard Baker to take the struggling Canadian department store chain private. Story by Jessica DiNapoli and Greg Roumeliotis

Source: WH Smith to Buy Marshall Retail Group | CFO

Source: Saks Fifth Avenue parent Hudson’s Bay agrees to chairman’s sweetened offer | Reuters