Fortune hosted a panel of marketing leaders following the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity to discuss AI’s impact on the profession and how the CMO role is evolving
Positive expectations remain in the IEDM (Index of the Expectations of Marketing Directors) for the second half of the year: CMOs slightly improve their sales forecasts, rely somewhat more on market developments and point to greater investment in both marketing and advertising. However, the pessimistic sentiment still remains for the second half of the year.