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

首席财务官们对营销部门的要求日益提高,且方式异于往常。在经济不确定性和地缘政治变幻莫测的背景下,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凭借对营销运作机制更深入的理解,以及对营销失效环节更敏锐的洞察,正在提出更具挑战性的问题。例如,Vayne