diff --git a/tailbone/forms/renderers/products.py b/tailbone/forms/renderers/products.py
index 1857d791..5ae60954 100644
--- a/tailbone/forms/renderers/products.py
+++ b/tailbone/forms/renderers/products.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2015 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2016 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@
 Product Field Renderers
 """
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
+
+from rattail.gpc import GPC
 
 from formalchemy import TextFieldRenderer
-from rattail.gpc import GPC
-from .common import AutocompleteFieldRenderer
-from webhelpers.html import literal
+from webhelpers.html import tags, literal
 
+from tailbone.forms.renderers.common import AutocompleteFieldRenderer
 from tailbone.util import pretty_datetime
 
 
@@ -57,14 +58,18 @@ class GPCFieldRenderer(TextFieldRenderer):
     @property
     def length(self):
         # Hm, should maybe consider hard-coding this...?
-        return len(str(GPC(0)))
+        return len(unicode(GPC(0)))
 
     def render_readonly(self, **kwargs):
         gpc = self.raw_value
         if gpc is None:
             return ''
         gpc = unicode(gpc)
-        return '{0}-{1}'.format(gpc[:-1], gpc[-1])
+        gpc = '{}-{}'.format(gpc[:-1], gpc[-1])
+        if kwargs.get('link'):
+            product = self.field.parent.model
+            gpc = tags.link_to(gpc, kwargs['link'](product))
+        return gpc
 
 
 class DepartmentFieldRenderer(TextFieldRenderer):
diff --git a/tailbone/views/products.py b/tailbone/views/products.py
index f5749c26..cd3dfbb9 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/products.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/products.py
@@ -70,6 +70,21 @@ from tailbone.progress import SessionProgress
 #         return query
 
 
+class DescriptionFieldRenderer(fa.TextFieldRenderer):
+    """
+    Renderer for product descriptions within the grid; adds hyperlink.
+    """
+
+    def render_readonly(self, **kwargs):
+        description = self.raw_value
+        if description is None:
+            return ''
+        if kwargs.get('link'):
+            product = self.field.parent.model
+            description = tags.link_to(description, kwargs['link'](product))
+        return description
+
+
 class ProductsView(MasterView):
     """
     Master view for the Product class.
@@ -166,9 +181,16 @@ class ProductsView(MasterView):
         g.filters['vendor_any'] = g.make_filter('vendor_any', self.VendorAny.name, label="Vendor (any)")
                                                 # factory=VendorAnyFilter, joiner=join_vendor_any)
 
-        g.default_sortkey = 'description'
+        g.default_sortkey = 'upc'
+
+        product_link = lambda p: self.get_action_url('view', p)
 
         g.upc.set(renderer=forms.renderers.GPCFieldRenderer)
+        g.upc.attrs(link=product_link)
+
+        g.description.set(renderer=DescriptionFieldRenderer)
+        g.description.attrs(link=product_link)
+
         g.regular_price.set(renderer=forms.renderers.PriceFieldRenderer)
         g.current_price.set(renderer=forms.renderers.PriceFieldRenderer)
         g.configure(