Walmart is the biggest retailer in the world, but its stores in other countries often go by different names. Here's what they look like and what you can buy there.

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America's largest retailer has branches all over the world, but you wouldn't know it from the store names.

• Walmart has its hand in retail and e-commerce in 27 countries worldwide, according to its website.
• The company's first store outside the United States was a Sam's Club in Mexico City, which opened in 1991, according to its website.
• Walmart has struggled to expand into markets abroad for years. Competing discount chains across the globe that are able to offer shoppers better prices and service shoppers with unique needs pose a threat that the company doesn't quite face in the US.
• After trying and failing at putting its own name on stores in certain countries, the biggest retailer in America - and the world - decided to start acquiring or investing in existing warehouses and wholesalers to keep its hand in the international business game.
• Some locations, like Brazil and China, continue to be challenging for Walmart.
• See what the Walmart banners look like around the world and what some of these stores are selling.