Hi,
In the hikashop options of your module, you have on the right the option "Type of item layout" where you can select what you want to show. By default it's set to image and title so you shouldn't see the description.
Your second point is indeed the case. You can easily change that by customizing the file listing of the view product of the front end via the menu Display->Views. There you can change the line:
Code:
if($this->params->get($title) && JRequest::getVar('hikashop_front_end_main',0)){
to
Code:
if(!empty($this->rows) && $this->params->get($title) && JRequest::getVar('hikashop_front_end_main',0)){
to achieve what you want
