Matrix items are great and they work really well however some customers still like to use the traditional catalogue view filter.
I would love to be able to make all as single items but also make a matrix item that consists of all these single items so the customer has the choice of which method to use to find the product they want.
Under the new themed template, customers can view by list view and it show all products individually within a category. It also shows stock availability so they can pick items that are in stock.