Sea cucumbers are consumers because they eat any organic material they find, and event sometimes the mud or sand they live in.
The cuticle and stomata because both parts function to regulate water absorption and release for the plant.
I believe a lot of things have changed in the last two decades. This has been mainly attributed to the growth in technology, with the introduction of ecommerce, shopping has become a much more personalized experience, customers will not have to walk on a physical store but instead they can make an order while sited in a couch and get delivered to them, the consumer expectations are very different compared to the past two decades; the new speedy and interconnected world that technology has delivered means that customers now have much higher expectations when it comes to the brands that they buy from.
