<sod >Sales dropped by 3.1 per cent compared with April last year, the sharpest decline recorded by the BRC and KPMG since they began monitoring retail performance in 1995.< eod>< sod > Sales dropped by 3.3 per cent compared with April last year, the sharpest decline recorded by the BRC and the auditorÃÂÃÂ KPMG since they began monitoring retail performance in 1995.< eod>