Digiday·2026-03-04
‘The conversation has shifted’: The CFO moved upstream. Now agencies have to as well
CFOs are demanding more from marketing — and not in the usual way. The familiar playbook of squeezing costs and investing in performance spend is still in motion, driven by an uncertain economy and an unpredictable geopolitical backdrop. But CFOs now are asking harder questions driven by a better grasp of how marketing actually works, and a sharper instinct for where it doesn t. For example, Vayne
首席财务官们正对营销提出更高要求,且方式异于往常。在经济不确定性和地缘政治动荡的双重背景下,削减成本、侧重绩效支出的传统策略仍在沿用。然而,如今的首席财务官们对营销运作机制有了更深刻的理解,并能更敏锐地洞察其不足之处,因此他们提出的问题也更具挑战性。例如,Vayne