In these days, the fourth version of AceShop comes on market. AceShop 4 combines Joomla with the famous open source shopping component, OpenCart, which includes all important functions and parameters, that are needed for a functional online shop. Multiple payment gateways or shipping methods are available as well as one page checkouts, advanced sales reports or necessary product reviews. You can get AceShop in 50+ languages, with SEO optimation and geolocation. The download of the light version, which works with Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3.x, is free. It works also in the former version, Joomla 1.5.
Robert Gavick's new template realisation, (M) Social, comes in Windows metro style with nice animated effects, 6 preset styles, 12 background patterns and 2 menu types. The used typography looks good. Its layout automatically adapts to every device. You can use this template also with a lot of famous extensions, like News Show Pro GK5, Tabs GK5 or GK JomSocial Feed. The download is commercial. (M) Social is native to Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3.1.