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

首席财务官对营销部门的要求日益提高,且其方式已不同以往。在经济不确定性和地缘政治背景多变的双重驱动下,削减成本和投资效果营销的传统策略仍在持续。然而,如今的首席财务官对营销实际运作方式有了更深入的理解,并对营销无效之处有着更敏锐的洞察力,因此他们提出了更具挑战性的问题。例如,Vayne