Ziegler’s Ace Hardware, a fixture in Carpentersville’s Meadowdale Shopping Center for 41 years, is closing. It’s the second in the company’s chain to go out of business this year.

The store’s last day will be determined by how quickly it is able to sell its remaining merchandise through a liquidation sale, company President Adam Ziegler said. He owns the business with his father, David Ziegler.

“Sales have been declining steadily over quite a few years,” Adam Ziegler said. “It has just gotten to the point it’s so low that the store is not sustainable.”

It’s the second Ace to be closed by the Ziegler family this year. The first was the Elgin store on Lillian Street, which shut its doors this spring after 44 years.

“Both those stores were trending lower year after year after year,” Ziegl

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