Forty-four percent of CMOs say they faced midyear budget cuts due to the pandemic and 11 percent say they expect to face significant cuts of more than 15 percent, according to the Gartner 2020 CMO Spend Survey. Taking the pulse of 432 CMOs, the survey also found that, despite the cutbacks, 73 percent of the respondents expect the near-term negative impact of COVID-19 to be short-lived and more than half expect a return to business-as-usual performance in the next 18 to 24 months. But the CMO's rosy outlook is at odds with how CEOs view the economy post-pandemic.
The disconnect...