Todays Woman

  Margaret Schneider, owner of Louisville consignment shop Margaret’s Fine Consignments, doesn’t let fear have the final say. For 25 years, she worked as a barber but yearned to have her own business in the fashion retail industry. At age 50 and newly divorced, Margaret didn’t have the financial resources to open a business, but she took the risk. “Sometimes, the scariest thing you ever do in your life is the best thing to do. I love clothes, I love to decorate, and I love people so it just came natural to me,” she says.    For the first five...

Margaret Schneider, owner of Louisville consignment shop Margaret’s Fine Consignments, won’t settle for mediocrity. “If I set out to do something, it is going to be the best I can do or I won’t do it,” she says. Margaret, who came from humble beginnings, says being raised in a family of 12 kids fueled her ambition as a business woman.  Now, 29 years later, Margaret’s Fine Consignments has become a fixture in Louisville’s Clifton Heights neighborhood. Margaret and co-owner Cara Aldridge have set high standards for their business which starts with enhancing a customer’s shopping experience.  Providing affordable high quality...