B
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86%
86% -- cmo budget growth expectation for CMOs (2026)
86% of CMOs expect their marketing budgets to grow again this year.
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86%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
apidm.lk
Primary
Tier C
https://www.apidm.lk/blog/2026-the-year-digital-marketing-redefined-the-world/ ↗
Source Article
2026: The Year Digital Marketing Redefined the World
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apidm.lk
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Survey figure cited without named source
Methodology documented
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Industrymarketing
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CMOs: 86% cmo budget growth expectation. Source: apidm.lk (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/cmo-budget-growth-expectation-2026
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